Information memorandum
For Singapore investors only.
To be read in conjunction with the Prospectus of the Company.
Important information for Singapore
investors investing in the Sub-Funds
The offer or invitation to subscribe for or purchase shares
in the Sub-Funds (the “Shares”), which is the subject
of this Information Memorandum, is an exempt offer
made only: (i) to “institutional investors” pursuant to
Section 304 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter
289 of Singapore (the “Act”), (ii) to “relevant persons”
pursuant to Section 305(1) of the Act, (iii) to persons
who meet the requirements of an offer made pursuant
to Section 305(2) of the Act, or (iv) pursuant to, and
in accordance with the conditions of, other applicable
exemption provisions of the Act.
No exempt offer of the Shares for subscription or
purchase (or invitation to subscribe for or purchase
the Shares) may be made, and no document or other
material (including this Information Memorandum)
relating to the exempt offer of Shares may be circulated
or distributed, whether directly or indirectly, to any
person in Singapore except in accordance with the
restrictions and conditions under the Act. By subscribing
for Shares pursuant to the exempt offer under this
Information Memorandum, you are required to comply
with restrictions and conditions under the Act in relation
to your offer, holding and subsequent transfer of Shares.
The Sub-Funds are not authorised or recognised by
the Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”) and the
Shares are not allowed to be offered to the retail public
in Singapore. Each Sub-Fund is a restricted scheme
under the Sixth Schedule to the Securities and Futures
(Offers of Investments) (Collective Investment Schemes)
Regulations of Singapore.
This Information Memorandum is not a prospectus as
defined in the Act and accordingly, statutory liability
under the Act in relation to the content of prospectuses
does not apply. The MAS assumes no responsibility for
the contents of this Information Memorandum.
You should consider carefully whether the investment is
suitable for you and whether you are permitted (under
the Act, and any laws or regulations that are applicable
to you) to make an investment in the Shares. If in doubt,
you should consult your legal or professional advisor.
The Sub-Funds are each a sub-fund in an umbrella
fund, M&G Investment Funds (3) (the “Company”). The
Company is an open-ended investment company with
variable capital incorporated in England and Wales.
The business address of the Company is Laurence
Pountney Hill, London EC4R 0HH, United Kingdom.
The Company is authorised by the Financial Conduct
Authority (the “FCA”) of the United Kingdom under the
Open-Ended Investment Companies Regulations 2001
and is regulated by the FCA as a UCITS scheme.
The authorised corporate director of the Company,
M&G Securities Limited (the “ACD”), is responsible for
managing and administering the Company’s affairs in
accordance with the applicable laws and regulations.
The ACD is a private company limited by shares
incorporated in England and Wales and is authorised
and regulated by the FCA.
The depositary, National Westminster Bank Plc (the
“Depositary”), is responsible for the safekeeping of the
property of the Company entrusted to it. The Depositary
is a public limited company incorporated in England and
Wales and is authorised by the Prudential Regulation
Authority (the “PRA”) and regulated by the FCA and
the PRA.
Relating to the following sub-fund of M&G Investment Funds (3) (the “Company”)
• M&G European Corporate Bond Fund
• M&G European High Yield Bond Fund
• M&G Emerging Markets Bond Fund
• M&G Smaller Companies Fund
• M&G Global Government Bond Fund
(each a “Sub-Fund” and collectively, the “Sub-Funds”)
The contact details of the regulators are as follows:
FCA
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS United Kingdom
Telephone no: +44 (0) 20 7066 1000
PRA
20 Moorgate
London, EC2R 6DA United Kingdom
Telephone no: +44 (0)20 7601 4444
Please note that this Information memorandum
incorporates the attached Prospectus of the Company.
Investors should refer to such attachment for particulars
on (i) the risks of subscribing for or purchasing the
Shares in the Sub-Funds, (ii) the conditions, limits and
gating structures for redemption of the Shares, (iii) the
fees and charges that are payable by investors and
payable out of the Sub-Funds, (iv) past performance
of the Sub-Funds (where available), and (v) where the
annual reports and half-yearly reports of the Sub-Funds
may be obtained.
Investors should also refer to the attached Prospectus
for the investment objective and focus in relation to the
Sub-Funds. Details of the investment approach of each
Sub-Fund are set out below:
M&G European Corporate Bond Fund
The M&G European Corporate Bond Fund aims to
maximise total returns through investing in mainly
European investment grade corporate bonds. The
fund also has the flexibility to invest in high yield or
government bonds. The fund manager believes returns
are driven by a combination of macroeconomic, asset,
sector, geography and stock-level factors. A dynamic
investment approach is followed, allowing the fund
manager to change the blend of duration and credit
exposure based on his outlook.
The fund has no benchmark, which allows for a
flexible and high-conviction investment approach. A
high level of diversification, across individual issuers,
sectors and geographies is an essential part of the
investment process.
An in-house team of independent credit analysts assists
the fund manager in individual credit selection along
with the monitoring of names held by the fund.
M&G European High Yield Bond Fund
The M&G European High Yield Bond Fund focuses
on ongoing proprietary research rather than relying
on external credit ratings. Emphasis is placed upon
investigating the ability of a company or government
to meet its interest payments, especially during
unfavourable economic conditions. Credit risk is
constantly monitored and typically spread across a
variety of countries and industrial sectors. The fund’s
exposure to higher yielding debt instruments may be
gained through the use of derivatives. Exposure to
European currencies (mainly the euro) is an integral
part of the management approach, and fluctuations in
the exchange rates of these currencies against sterling
are likely to play a significant role in determining total
returns for UK-based investors.
M&G Emerging Markets Bond Fund
The M&G Emerging Markets Bond Fund aims to
maximise total returns by investing mainly in emerging
market sovereign and corporate debt. The investment
approach begins with a top-down assessment of
macroeconomic factors such as global risk appetite
and structural global growth catalysts. On a regional
and country-specific level, factors such as monetary
and fiscal policies, capital flows, and political and
regulatory environments will be assessed. The result
of this analysis will help inform the fund’s country and
currency allocations and its duration. Individual credit
selection is determined by a thorough credit analysis
and an assessment of valuations. Both macroeconomic
and stock-specific analysis is undertaken in close
conjunction with the deputy fund manager and the
internal credit analysts. The fund is diversified by
investing in a range of assets across global emerging
markets and is unconstrained by a benchmark with a
fully flexible strategy.
M&G Smaller Companies Fund
The fund invests in companies from the bottom 10%,
by value, of the UK stockmarket. The investment team
takes a bottom-up approach to stockpicking and aims
to construct a well-diversified portfolio of between 70
and 90 stocks. They adopt a long-term perspective with
particular focus placed on three specific criteria: scarce
assets, growth drivers and valuation.
Scarce assets are the key elements that enable
companies to generate sustainable, attractive returns.
Depending on the nature of the business, scarce assets
may be tangible, intangible or organisational.
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Growth drivers provide companies with the opportunity
to reinvest their returns profitably. They may include
shifts in the commercial or regulatory environment,
changes in customer behaviour or expansion into
new markets.
Valuation is critical for differentiating between great
companies and great investments. A comprehensive but
flexible approach to company valuation is undertaken;
a wide range of metrics are monitored to ensure an
appropriate valuation for each individual company.
The quality of company management is central to the
successful exploitation of scarce assets and growth
drivers. Company meetings are therefore a crucial
component of the investment process.
M&G Global Government Bond Fund
The M&G Global Government Bond Fund aims to
maximise total return (the combination of income
and growth of capital) through investing mainly in
investment grade government debt securities on
a global basis. It seeks to outperform the Barclays
Global Treasury Index net of fees over a one-to-three
year horizon, taking active country, yield curve and
currency positions to generate returns. The investment
approach begins with a top-down assessment of the
macroeconomic environment, including the likely path
of growth, inflation and interest rates. The results of this
analysis help the manager to decide the fund’s duration
positioning and its allocation to the various country
markets. The fund invests primarily in investment grade
government bonds on a global basis, including the UK. It
may allocate up to 30% of its assets to non-investment
grade government debt securities. The fund may also
use derivative instruments for both investment purposes
and efficient portfolio management.
Investors should note that only Shares in the
Sub-Funds are being offered pursuant to this
Information Memorandum. This Information
Memorandum is not and should not be construed
as making an offer in Singapore of shares in any
other sub-fund of the Company.
Issued by M&G Securities Limited 10 November 2014
M&G Investment Funds (3)
ProspectusM&G Investment Funds (3)
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This document constitutes the Prospectus for M&G INVESTMENT FUNDS
(3) (the ‘Company’) which has been prepared in accordance with the Open-
Ended Investment Companies Regulations 2001 and the rules contained in
the Collective Investment Schemes Sourcebook published by the FCA as
part of its Handbook of Rules and Guidance.
The Prospectus is dated and is valid as at 10 November 2014.
Copies of this Prospectus have been sent to the Financial Conduct Authority
and National Westminster Bank Plc as Depositary.
The Prospectus is based on information, law and practice at the date hereof
but where it refers to any statutory provision or regulation this includes any
modification or re-enactment that has been made. The Company is not
bound by any out of date prospectus when it has issued a new prospectus
and potential investors should check that they have the most recently
published prospectus.
M&G Securities Limited, the Authorised Corporate Director of the Company,
is the person responsible for the information contained in this Prospectus. To
the best of its knowledge and belief (having taken all reasonable care to
ensure that such is the case) the information contained herein does not
contain any untrue or misleading statement or omit any matters required by
Regulations to be included in it. M&G Securities Limited accepts
responsibility accordingly. No person has been authorised by the Company
to give any information or to make any representations in connection with the
offering of Shares other than those contained in the Prospectus and, if given
or made, such information or representations must not be relied on as having
been made by the Company. The delivery of this Prospectus (whether or not
accompanied by any reports) or the issue of Shares shall not, under any
circumstances, create any implication that the affairs of the Company have
not changed since the date hereof.
The distribution of this Prospectus and the offering of Shares in certain
jurisdictions may be restricted. Persons into whose possession this
Prospectus comes are required by the Company to inform themselves about
and to observe any such restrictions. This Prospectus does not constitute an
offer or solicitation by anyone in any jurisdiction in which such offer or
solicitation is not authorised or to any person to whom it is unlawful to make
such offer or solicitation.
Warning: the contents of this document have not been reviewed
by any regulatory authority in Hong Kong. You are advised to
exercise caution in relation to this offer. If you are in any doubt
about the contents of this document you should obtain
independent professional advice. In particular, no interest in the
Company will be issued to any person other than the person to whom this
document is addressed. In addition, (a) no offer or invitation to subscribe for
Shares in the Company may be made to the public in Hong Kong; and (b)
this document has not been approved by the Securities and Futures
Commission in Hong Kong or any other regulatory authority in Hong Kong
and accordingly interests in the Company may not be offered or sold in Hong
Kong by means of this document, other than in circumstances which do not
constitute an offer to the public for the purposes of the Hong Kong
Companies Ordinance and the Hong Kong Securities and Futures
Ordinance, as amended from time to time. Shares in the Company are not
listed on any investment exchange.
Potential investors should not treat the contents of this Prospectus as advice
relating to legal, taxation, investment or any other matters and are
recommended to consult their own professional advisers concerning the
acquisition, holding or disposal of Shares.
The provisions of the Instrument of Incorporation are binding on each of its
Shareholders (who are taken to have notice of them).
This Prospectus has been approved for the purpose of section 21(1) of the
Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 by M&G Securities Limited.
The Depositary is not a person responsible for the information contained in
this Prospectus and accordingly does not accept any responsibility therefore
under the Regulations or otherwise.
If you are in any doubt about the contents of this Prospectus you should
consult your professional adviser.
Prospectus
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Definitions 4
Definitions 5
1 The Company 6
2 Company structure 6
3 Shares 6
4 Management and Administration 7
5 The Depositary 8
6 The Investment Manager 8
7 Administrator and Registrar 8
8 The Auditor 8
9 Register of Shareholders 8
10 Fund Accounting and Pricing 8
11 Collateral Management 8
12 Buying, selling and switching shares 8
13 Buying shares 9
14 Selling shares 9
15 Switching and converting shares 10
16 Dealing charges 11
17 Other dealing information 11
18 Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (‘SDRT’) 12
19 Money laundering 12
20 Restrictions on dealing 12
21 Suspension of dealings in the Company 13
22 Governing law 13
23 Valuation of the Company 13
24 Calculation of the Net Asset Value 13
25 Price per share in each Sub-fund and each class 14
26 Pricing basis 14
27 Publication of prices 14
28 Risk factors 14
29 Charges and Expenses 14
30 Stock lending 16
31 Shareholder meetings and voting rights 16
32 Taxation 17
33 Income equalisation 18
34 Winding up of the Company or a Sub-fund of the Company 18
35 General Information 19
36 Complaints 21
37 Tax Reporting 21
38 Marketing outside the UK 21
39 Markets for the Sub-funds 21
40 Genuine diversity of ownership 21
41 Risk factors 22
APPENDIX 1 - 28
DETAILS OF THE SUB-FUNDS OF M&G INVESTMENT FUNDS (3)
APPENDIX 2 - 41
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND BORROWING POWERS OF THE
COMPANY
APPENDIX 3 - 51
ELIGIBLE MARKETS
APPENDIX 4 - 52
INFORMATION FOR NON-UK INVESTORS
APPENDIX 4 - 53
INFORMATION FOR NON-UK INVESTORS
APPENDIX 4 - 54
INFORMATION FOR NON-UK INVESTORS
APPENDIX 5 – 61
PERFORMANCE BAR CHARTS
APPENDIX 5a – 63
EURO PERFORMANCE BAR CHARTS
APPENDIX 5b – 64
U.S. DOLLAR PERFORMANCE BAR CHARTS
APPENDIX 5c - 65
SWISS FRANC PERFORMANCE BAR CHARTS
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UK Customer Helpline: 0800 390 390
Investors in Euro Share Classes should see Appendix 4 for contact details
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Accumulation Share: a share in the Company in respect of which income
allocated thereto is credited periodically to capital pursuant to the
Regulations;
ACD: M&G Securities Limited, the Authorised Corporate Director of the
Company;
ACD Agreement: The agreement to be entered into between the Company
and the ACD authorising the ACD to manage the affairs of the Company;
Approved Bank in relation to a bank account opened by the Company:
(a) if the account is opened at a branch in the United Kingdom;
(i) the Bank of England; or
(ii) the central bank of a member state of the OECD; or
(iii) a bank or a building society; or
(iv) a bank which is supervised by the central bank or other
banking regulator of a member state of the OECD; or
(b) if the account is opened elsewhere:
(i) a bank in (a); or
(ii) a credit institution established in an EEA State other than in
the United Kingdom and duly authorised by the relevant
Home State Regulator; or
(iii) a bank which is regulated in the Isle of Man or the Channel
Islands; or
(c) a bank supervised by the South African Reserve Bank; or
(d) any other bank that:
(i) is subject to regulation by a national banking regulator;
(ii) is required to provide audited accounts;
(iii) has minimum net assets of £5 million (or its equivalent in any other
currency at the relevant time) and has a surplus revenue over expenditure for
the last two financial years; and
(iv) has an annual audit report which is not materially qualified.
Base Currency: in relation to the Company the base currency is pounds
sterling;
BCD Credit Institution: a credit institution under the Banking Consolidation
Directive;
Class or Classes: in relation to Shares, means (according to the context) all of
the Shares related to a single Sub-fund or a particular class or classes of
Share related to a single Sub-fund;
Client Account: A bank account held by us in accordance with the FCA
Handbook of Rules and Guidance;
COLL: refers to the appropriate chapter or rule in the COLL Sourcebook
issued by the FCA as amended or re-enacted from time to time;
Company:M&G Investment Funds (3);
Dealing Day: Monday to Friday except for bank holidays in England and
Wales and other days at the ACD’s discretion;
Depositary:National Westminster Bank Plc, the depositary of the Company;
Efficient Portfolio Management: means the use of techniques and
instruments which relate to transferable securities and approved money-
market instruments and which fulfil the following criteria:
(a) they are economically appropriate in that they are realised in a cost
effective way; and
(b) they are entered into for one or more of the following specific aims:
- reduction of risk;
- reduction of cost;
- generation of additional capital or income for the scheme with a risk level
which is consistent with the risk profile of the scheme and the risk
diversification rules laid down in COLL
Eligible Institution: one of certain eligible institutions being a BCD credit
institution authorised by its home state regulator or an Investment Firm
authorised by its home state regulator as defined in the glossary of
definitions in the FCA Handbook;
fraction: a smaller denomination share (on the basis that one thousand
smaller denomination shares make one larger denomination share);
FCA: the Financial Conduct Authority;
Instrument of Incorporation: the instrument of incorporation of the Company
as amended from time to time;
Intermediate Unitholder: a firm whose name is entered in the register of a
Sub-fund, or which holds Shares indirectly through a third party acting as a
nominee, and which:
(a) is not the beneficial owner of the relevant Share; and
(b) does not manage investments on behalf of the relevant beneficial owner
of the Share; or
(c) does not act as a depositary of a collective investment scheme or on
behalf of such a depositary in connection with its role in holding property
subject to the scheme;
Investment Manager: one or more of the companies appointed as the
investment manager by the ACD shown in section 6, as the context may
require;
Investment Firm: an investment firm that provides investment services as
defined in the glossary of definitions in the FCA handbook;
M&G OEIC: M&G Investment Funds (1), M&G Investment Funds (2), M&G
Investment Funds (3), M&G Investment Funds (4), M&G Investment Funds
(5), M&G Investment Funds (7), M&G Investment Funds (8), M&G
Investment Funds (9), M&G Investment Funds (10), M&G Investment Funds
(11), M&G Investment Funds (12), M&G Investment Funds (14) M&G
Global Dividend Fund, M&G Dynamic Allocation Fund, M&G Global Macro
Bond Fund, M&G Optimal Income Fund, M&G Property Portfolio, M&G
Strategic Corporate Bond Fund
or any other open-ended investment company with variable capital
incorporated in England and Wales and managed by the ACD;
mainly: within an investment objective, an amount greater than 70%;
Member State: those countries which are members of the European Union
or the European Economic Area at any given time;
Net Asset Value or NAV: the value of the scheme property of the Company
(or of any Sub-fund as the context requires) less the liabilities of the
Company (or of the Sub-fund concerned) as calculated in accordance with
the Company’s Instrument of Incorporation;
Primarily: within an investment objective, at least 80% of the portfolio;
predominantly: within an investment objective, at least 80% of the portfolio;
Reference Currency: the currency on which a fund bases its investment
strategy where different from the Base Currency or the Valuation Currency
of the Sub-fund;
the Regulations: the Open-Ended Investment Companies Regulations 2001
and the rules contained in the Collective Investment Schemes Sourcebook
published by the FCA as part of its Handbook of Rules and Guidance;
SDRT: Stamp Duty Reserve Tax;
scheme property: the property of the Company to be given to the Depositary
for safekeeping, as required by the Regulations;
Share or Shares: a share or shares in the Company (including larger
denomination Shares and fractions), or where appropriate a share or shares
in any other M&G OEIC;
Shareholder: a holder of registered or bearer shares in the Company;
Sub-fund or Sub-fund: a Sub-fund of the Company (bearing part of the
scheme property of the Company which is pooled separately) and to which
specific assets and liabilities of the Company may be allocated and which is
invested in accordance with the investment objective applicable to that Sub-
fund;
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switch: the exchange of Shares of one Class or Sub-fund for Shares of
another Class or Sub-fund of any M&G OEIC;
Valuation Currency: the currency in which a fund is valued, being the currency
noted for each fund in Appendices 1 and 4;
XD date: the XD (or Ex-Dividend) date is the date on which the income is
removed from the price of an Income Share pending the payment of a
distribution.
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Operating Structure and Details
1 The Company
1.1 M&G INVESTMENT FUNDS (3) is an open-ended investment
company with variable capital, incorporated in England and Wales
under registered number IC 117 and authorised by the Financial
Conduct Authority with effect from 8 August 2001. The Company
has been established for an unlimited duration.
The Company has been certified by the FCA as complying with the
conditions necessary for it to enjoy the rights conferred by the EC
Directive on undertakings for collective investment in transferable
securities (‘UCITS’).
1.2 The Head Office of the Company is at Laurence Pountney Hill,
London EC4R 0HH and is also the address of the place in the
United Kingdom for service on the Company of notices or other
documents required or authorised to be served on it. The Company
does not have any interest in immovable property or any tangible
moveable property.
1.3 The Base Currency of the Company is pounds sterling.
1.4 The maximum share capital of the Company is currently
£250,000,000,000 and the minimum is £100. Shares in the
Company have no par value and therefore the share capital of the
Company at all times equals the Company’s current Net Asset
Value.
1.5 Shareholders in the Company are not liable for the debts of the
Company (see also section 41- Risk Factors).
1.6 The Company has been established as an ‘umbrella company’ (as
defined in the Regulations) and therefore different Sub-funds may
be formed by the ACD, subject to approval from the FCA. On the
establishment of a new Sub-fund or share class an updated
prospectus will be prepared setting out the relevant information
concerning the new Sub-fund or share class.
2 Company structure
2.1 The Company is an umbrella company. The assets of each Sub-
fund are treated as separate from those of every other Sub-fund
and will be invested in accordance with that Sub-fund’s own
investment objective and policy.
2.2 At present, there are 9 Sub-funds, which are available for
investment:
M&G Corporate Bond Fund,
M&G Dividend Fund,
M&G Emerging Markets Bond Fund,
M&G European Corporate Bond Fund,
M&G European High Yield Bond Fund,
M&G Fund of Investment Trust Shares,
M&G Global Government Bond Fund,
M&G Recovery Fund,
M&G Smaller Companies Fund.
These Sub-funds are all UCITS schemes within the meaning of the
Regulations.
2.3 The investment objective, investment policy and other details of
each Sub-fund are set out in Appendices 1 and 4. The investment
and borrowing powers under the Regulations applicable to each
Sub-fund are set out in Appendix 2 and the eligible securities and
derivatives markets on which the Sub-funds can invest are set out
in Appendix 3.
2.4 When there is more than one Sub-fund in issue, each Sub-fund has
a specific portfolio of assets and investments to which each Sub-
fund’s assets and liabilities are attributable and investors should
view each Sub-fund as a separate investment entity.
2.5 The Sub-funds are segregated portfolios of assets and,
accordingly, the assets of a Sub-fund belong exclusively to that
Sub-fund and shall not be made available to discharge (directly or
indirectly) the liabilities of, or claims against, any other person or
body, including the Company or any other Sub-fund and shall not be
available for any such purpose.
2.6 Shareholders in the Company are not liable for the debts of the
Company or any Sub-fund in the Company (see also section 41-
Risk Factors).
2.7 Subject to the above, each Sub-fund will be charged with the
liabilities, expenses, costs and charges of the Company attributable
to that Sub-fund and within the Sub-funds charges will be allocated
between share classes in accordance with the terms of issue of
those share classes.
2.8 Any assets, liabilities, expenses, costs or charges not attributable to
a particular Sub-fund may be allocated by the ACD in a manner
which is fair to Shareholders as a whole but they will normally be
allocated to all Sub-funds pro rata to the value of the net assets of
the relevant Sub-funds.
3 Shares
3.1 Classes of Share within the Sub-funds
3.1.1 Several share classes may be issued in respect of a Sub-
fund. The Instrument of Incorporation allows gross income
and gross accumulation Shares to be issued as well as net
income and net accumulation Shares. Net Shares are
Shares in respect of which income allocated to them is
distributed periodically to the relevant Shareholders (in the
case of income Shares) or credited periodically to capital
(in the case of accumulation Shares), in either case in
accordance with relevant tax law net of any tax deducted
or accounted for by the Company. Gross Shares are
income or accumulation Shares where, in accordance with
relevant tax law, distribution or allocation of income is
made without any UK tax being deducted or accounted for
by the Company. The share classes in issue, or available
for issue, for each Sub-fund are shown in Appendices 1
and 4.
3.1.2 Any Sub-fund may make available such further classes of
Share as the ACD may decide.
3.1.3 Shareholders should note that the ACD issues hedged
Share Classes. Share class hedging activity does not form
part of the investment strategy of a Sub-fund but is
designed to reduce exchange rate fluctuations between the
currency of the hedged Share Class and the Valuation
Currency or Reference Currency of the Sub-fund. All costs
associated with operating hedging transactions for these
Share Classes will be borne by Shareholders of these
Share Classes.
Forward currency contracts, or other instruments that may
achieve a similar result, will be used to hedge the total
return (capital and revenue) of Share Classes which are
not denominated in the Sub-fund’s Valuation Currency or
Reference Currency thereby reducing exposure to
movements in rates of currency exchange between the
currency of the Share Classes and the Valuation Currency
or Reference Currency of the Sub-fund.
The hedging position will be reviewed on each Dealing Day
and adjusted when there is a material change, for example,
following asset allocation decisions by the Investment
Manager.
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The Reference Currency of the M&G European Corporate
Bond Fund and the M&G European High Yield Bond Fund
is the Euro. The Reference Currency for M&G Emerging
Markets Bond Fund is the U.S. Dollar.
3.1.4 Holders of Income Shares are entitled to be paid the
income attributed to such Shares on the relevant interim
and annual allocation dates net of tax. The price of such
Shares immediately after the end of the relevant
accounting period reduces to reflect these allocations of
income.
3.1.5 Holders of Accumulation Shares are not entitled to be paid
the income attributable to such Shares but that income is
automatically transferred to (and retained as part of) the
capital assets of the relevant Sub-fund immediately after
the relevant interim and / or annual accounting dates. The
price of such Shares continues to reflect this retention of
the income entitlement, which will be transferred after
deduction of applicable tax.
3.1.6 Where a Sub-fund has different classes of Share available,
each class may attract different charges and expenses and
so monies may be deducted from classes in unequal
proportions. For this and like reasons, the proportionate
interests of the classes within a Sub-fund will vary from
time to time.
3.1.7 When different Sub-funds are available, Shareholders will
be entitled (subject to certain restrictions) to switch all or
some of their Shares in a Sub-fund for Shares within a
different Sub-fund or a different M&G OEIC. Details of this
switching facility and the restrictions are set out in
paragraph 15 of this document.
3.1.8 Holders of Income Shares may convert all or some of their
Shares to Accumulation Shares of the same Class in the
same Sub-fund, and holders of Accumulation Shares may
convert all or some of their Shares to Income Shares of the
same Class in the same Sub-fund. Details of this
conversion facility are set out in paragraph 15.9 of this
document.
3.1.9 Sterling Class ‘C’ Shares are available only to a company
which the ACD deems to be an associate company or to
other collective investment schemes managed by the ACD
or a company which the ACD deems to be an associate
company.
3.1.10 Sterling Class R Shares are available only to Intermediate
Unitholders or where the deal has been arranged by a
financial adviser.
3.1.11 Not all share classes listed in Appendices 1 and 4
may currently be in issue. Please see www.mandg.com/
classesinissue for details of which share classes are
currently being issued by which Sub-funds.
3.1.12 Where a Sub-fund does not currently issue a share class
listed for it in Appendices 1 and 4, the ACD may be willing
to arrange for it to be issued once it has secured
commitments from potential customers to purchase no
less than a total of £20million-worth of that share class.
The ACD will require at least eight-weeks’ notice before
being able to issue such a share class.
4 Management and Administration
4.1 Authorised Corporate Director
4.1.1 The Authorised Corporate Director of the Company is
M&G Securities Limited which is a private company limited
by shares incorporated in England and Wales under the
Companies Acts 1862 to 1900 on 12 November 1906. The
ultimate holding company of the ACD is Prudential plc, a
company incorporated in England and Wales.
4.1.2 Registered Office and Head Office:
Laurence Pountney Hill, London EC4R 0HH.
Share Capital:
Authorised £100,000
Issued and paid-up £100,000
Directors:
Mr Gary Cotton,
Mr Martin Lewis,
Mr Graham MacDowall,
Mr Laurence Mumford,
Mr William Nott,
Philip Jelfs.
All of the directors have significant business activities
which are not connected to those of the ACD but of other
companies within the M&G Group.
4.1.3 The ACD is responsible for managing and administering
the Company’s affairs in compliance with the Regulations.
Other companies for which the ACD has these
responsibilities are M&G Investment Funds (1), M&G
Investment Funds (2), M&G Investment Funds (4), M&G
Investment Funds (5), M&G Investment Funds (7), M&G
Investment Funds (8), M&G Investment Funds (9), M&G
Investment Funds (10), M&G Investment Funds (11), M&G
Investment Funds (12), M&G Global Dividend Fund, M&G
Dynamic Allocation Fund, M&G Global Macro Bond Fund,
M&G Optimal Income Fund, M&G Property Portfolio, M&G
Feeder of Property Portfolio and M&G Strategic Corporate
Bond Fund. The ACD is also the Manager of the M&G
Feeder of Property Portfolio and the managing agent for
The Equities Investment Fund for Charities, The Charibond
Charities Fixed Interest Common Investment Fund, and
The National Association of Almshouses Common
Investment Fund.
4.2 Terms of Appointment
4.2.1 The ACD Agreement provides that the appointment of the
ACD is for an initial period of three years and thereafter
may be terminated upon twelve months written notice by
either the ACD or the Company, although in certain
circumstances the agreement may be terminated forthwith
by notice in writing by the ACD to the Company or the
Depositary, or by the Depositary or the Company to the
ACD. The ACD cannot be replaced until the FCA has
approved the appointment of another director in place of
the retiring ACD. The ACD Agreement may be inspected at
the offices of the ACD during normal business hours by
any Shareholder or any Shareholder’s duly authorised
agent. Alternatively, a copy of the ACD Agreement may be
sent to any Shareholder at his request within 10 days of the
Company’s receipt of such request.
4.2.2 The ACD is entitled to its pro rata fees and expenses to the
date of termination and any additional expenses
necessarily realised in settling or realising any outstanding
obligations. No compensation for loss of office is provided
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for in the agreement. The ACD Agreement provides
indemnities by the Company to the ACD other than for
matters arising by reason of the ACD’s negligence, default,
breach of duty or breach of trust in the performance of the
ACD’s duties and obligations.
4.2.3 Where the ACD deals as principal in the Shares of Sub-
funds, any profits or losses arising from such transactions
shall accrue to the ACD and not to the Sub-fund. The ACD
is under no obligation to account to the Depositary or the
Shareholders for any profit it makes on the issue or re-
issue of Shares or cancellation of Shares which it has
redeemed. The fees to which the ACD is entitled are set
out in paragraph 30.
5 The Depositary
National Westminster Bank Plc is the Depositary of the Company.
The Depositary is a public limited company incorporated in England
and Wales. Subject to the Regulations the Depositary is
responsible for the safekeeping of the property of the Company
entrusted to it and has a duty to take reasonable care to ensure that
the Company is managed in accordance with the provisions of the
Regulations relating to the pricing of, and dealing in, Shares of the
Company and to the allocation of the income of the Company. The
appointment of the Depositary was made under an agreement
between the Company, the ACD and the Depositary.
5.1 Registered Office:
135 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 3UR
5.2 Head Office:
135 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 3UR
5.3 Ultimate Holding Company:
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc.
5.4 Principal Business Activity:
The principal business activity of the Depositary is banking.
5.5 Terms of Appointment:
5.5.1 The Depositary provides its services under the terms of a
depositary agreement between the Company and the
Depositary (the ‘Depositary Agreement’). Subject to the
Regulations, the Depositary has full power under the
Depositary Agreement to delegate (and authorise its sub-
delegates to sub-delegate) all or any part of its duties as
Depositary.
5.5.2 The Depositary Agreement may be terminated by six
months notice given by either the Company or the
Depositary, provided that the Depositary may not
voluntarily retire except on the appointment of a new
Depositary.
5.5.3 The Depositary Agreement contains indemnities by the
Company in favour of the Depositary against (other than in
certain circumstances) any liability incurred by the
Depositary as a consequence of its safe keeping of any of
the scheme property or incurred by it as a consequence of
the safe keeping of any of the scheme property by anyone
retained by it to assist it to perform its functions of the safe
keeping of the scheme property and also (in certain
circumstances) exempts the Depositary from liability.
5.5.4 The Depositary is entitled to the fees, charges and
expenses detailed under ‘Depositary’s Fee, Charges and
Expenses’ in paragraph 32.
5.5.5 The Depositary has appointed State Street Bank and Trust
Company to assist the Depositary in performing its
functions of custodian of the documents of title or
documents evidencing title to the property of the Company.
The relevant arrangements prohibit State Street Bank and
Trust Company as such custodian from releasing the
documents into the possession of a third party without the
consent of the Depositary. The Depositary has appointed
International Financial Data Services (UK) Limited in its
capacity as registrar to assist the Depositary in performing
its functions in relation to the distribution of income.
6 The Investment Manager
The ACD has appointed M&G Investment Management Limited
(“MAGIM”) to provide investment management and advisory
services in respect of the Sub-funds identified in Appendices 1 and
4. The Investment Manager has authority to make decisions on
behalf of the Company and the ACD in respect of the acquisition
and disposal of property at any time comprising the relevant Sub-
fund and to advise in respect of the rights associated with the
holding of such property. The Investment Manager has been
appointed under an agreement between the ACD and the
Investment Manager whereby the ACD accepts responsibility for all
these services provided by the Investment Manager to the
Company. The investment management agreement may be
terminated on six months written notice by the Investment Manager
or the ACD, or immediately by the ACD if it decides that it is in the
best interests of Shareholders to do so.
The Investment Manager’s principal activity is acting as an
investment manager and it is an Associate of the ACD by being a
subsidiary of Prudential plc.
7 Administrator and Registrar
The ACD employs International Financial Data Services (UK)
Limited to provide certain administration services and act as
registrar to the Company.
8 The Auditor
The auditor of the Company is Ernst & Young LLP of 10 George
Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2DZ.
9 Register of Shareholders
The Register of Shareholders is maintained by IFDS at its office at
IFDS House, St Nicholas Lane, Basildon, Essex SS15 5FS and
may be inspected at that address during normal business hours by
any Shareholder or any Shareholder’s duly authorised agent.
10 Fund Accounting and Pricing
The ACD has appointed State Street Bank and Trust Company to
undertake the fund accounting and pricing functions on behalf of
the Company.
11 Collateral Management
Where the Company enters into OTC derivative transactions,
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. will provide administrative services in
connection with the collateral management functions.
12 Buying, selling and switching shares
The address for postal dealing is P.O.Box 9039, Chelmsford CM99
2XG. Telephone deals can be placed between 8.00 am and 6.00
pm UK time on each Dealing Day (except for Christmas Eve and
New Year’s Eve when the office closes early) for the sale,
redemption and switching of Shares. Deals will be effected at
prices determined at the next valuation point (12.00 noon UK time)
following receipt of the request, i.e. on a forward pricing basis.
Subject to paragraphs 13, 14 and 15, requests may be made by
post, telephone, or any electronic or other means which the ACD
may from time to time determine, either directly or via an authorised
intermediary.
Prices for M&G Investment Funds (3) are calculated every Dealing
Day at the valuation point. Postal deals received at our postal
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dealing address and requests communicated by other means to the
ACD before the valuation point will be dealt with at the price
calculated on that Dealing Day; requests received after the
valuation point will be dealt with at the price calculated on the next
following Dealing Day.
The ACD does not currently permit the transfer of Shares by
electronic means but may do so in the future at its discretion. For
further details please contact the ACD.
13 Buying shares
13.1 Procedure for investors in Sterling Share Classes
(Investors in Euro Share Classes should refer to Appendix
4)
13.1.1 On any given Dealing Day the ACD will be willing to sell
Shares of at least one Class in each Sub-fund. Shares can
be bought as a lump sum investment or by way of a regular
savings plan. Postal applications may be made on
application forms obtained from the ACD. Alternatively,
lump sum investment can be made under approved
circumstances by telephoning M&G’s Customer Dealing
Line 0800 328 3196 between 8.00 am and 6.00 pm UK
time on Dealing Days or by visiting the ACD’s website:
www.mandg.co.uk.
13.1.2 The ACD has the right to reject, on reasonable grounds
relating to the circumstances of the applicant, any
application for Shares in whole or part, and in this event the
ACD will return any money sent, or the balance of such
monies, at the risk of the applicant. The ACD may also
cancel any previously accepted request for the issue of
Shares in the event of either non-payment of the amount
due, including any provision for SDRT, or undue delay in
payment by the applicant, including the non-clearance of
cheques or other documents presented in payment.
Please note that:
* Sterling Class ‘C’ Shares are available only to a
company which the ACD deems to be an associate
company or to other collective investment schemes
managed by the ACD or a company which the ACD
deems to be an associate company; and,
* Sterling Class ‘R’ Shares are available only to
Intermediate Unitholders or where the deal has been
arranged by a financial adviser.
13.1.3 Any subscription monies remaining after a whole number
of Shares has been issued may not be returned to the
applicant. Instead, fractions may be issued in such
circumstances.
13.2 Documentation
13.2.1 A contract note giving details of the Shares purchased and
the price used will be issued by the end of the business day
following the valuation point by reference to which the price
is determined, together with, where appropriate, a notice of
the applicant’s right to cancel.
13.2.2 Payment for Shares purchased by post must accompany
the application; payment for Shares purchased by other
means must be made by no later than four business days
after the valuation point following receipt of the instructions
to purchase.
13.2.3 Currently share certificates will not be issued in respect of
Shares. Ownership of Shares will be evidenced by an
entry on the Company’s Register of Shareholders.
Statements in respect of periodic allocations of income of
each Sub-fund will show the number of Shares held by the
recipient in the Sub-fund in respect of which the allocation
is made. Individual statements of a Shareholder’s Shares
will also be issued at any time on request by the registered
holder (or, when Shares are jointly held, the first named
holder).
13.2.4 The Company has the power to issue bearer Shares but
has no plans at present to do so.
13.3 Minimum subscriptions and holdings
13.3.1 The minimum initial lump sum and regular savings plan
subscriptions for Shares and the minimum holding in the
Sub-funds are set out for each Sub-fund in Appendices 1
and 4. If at any time a Shareholder’s holding is below the
specified minimum, the ACD reserves the right to sell the
Shares and send the proceeds to the Shareholder, or at its
absolute discretion convert the Shares to another Share
Class within the same Sub-fund.
13.4 Holdings of Class ‘R’ Shares
13.4.1 Where a purchase by a Shareholder of Sterling Class ‘R’
Shares has been arranged by a financial adviser the ACD
will maintain a record of that financial adviser linked to their
account with the ACD. If a Shareholder of Class ‘R’ Shares
has their financial adviser removed from their account
(whether at the request of the Shareholder or the financial
adviser, or as a result of the financial adviser no longer
being authorised by the FCA), the ACD reserves the right
at its absolute discretion to switch those Shares to Class ‘A’
Shares within the same Sub-fund. Shareholders should
note that the ongoing charge of Class ‘A’ Shares is greater
than that of Class ‘R’ Shares.
14 Selling shares
14.1 Procedure for investors in Sterling Share Classes
(Investors in Euro Share Classes should refer to Appendix
4)
14.1.1 Shareholders have the right to sell Shares back to the ACD
or require that the ACD arranges for the Company to buy
their Shares on any Dealing Day unless the value of
Shares which a Shareholder wishes to sell will mean that
the Shareholder will hold Shares with a value less than the
required minimum holding for the Sub-fund concerned, in
which case the Shareholder may be required to sell the
entire holding.
14.1.2 Requests to sell Shares may be made by post, telephone
or any electronic or other means which the ACD may from
time to time determine, either directly or via an authorised
intermediary; the ACD may require telephonic or electronic
requests to be confirmed in writing.
14.2 Documents the Seller will receive
A contract note giving details of the Shares sold and the price used
will be sent to the selling Shareholder (the first named, in the case
of joint Shareholders) or to an authorised agent not later than the
end of the business day following the valuation point by reference
to which the price is determined. Payment of proceeds will be made
within four business days of the later of:
14.2.1 receipt by the ACD, when required, of sufficient written
instructions duly signed by all the relevant Shareholders
and completed as to the appropriate number of Shares,
together with any other appropriate evidence of title; and
14.2.2 the valuation point following receipt by the ACD of the
request to sell.
14.2.3 The requirement for sufficient written instructions is
normally waived for Shareholders of Sterling Classes of
Shares if all the following conditions are met:
• Dealing instructions are given by the registered
holder in person;
• The holding is registered in a sole name;
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• The sale proceeds are to be made payable to the
registered holder at their registered address, which
has not changed within the previous 30 days; and
• The total amount payable in respect of sales by that
holder on one business day does not exceed
£15,000.
14.3 Minimum redemption
Subject to the Shareholder maintaining the minimum holding stated
in this Prospectus, part of a Shareholder’s holding may be sold but
the ACD reserves the right to refuse a request to sell Shares if the
value of the class of Shares of any Sub-fund to be sold is less than
the sum specified in Appendices 1 and 4.
14.4 Regular Withdrawal Facility on M&G Dividend Fund
14.4.1 Accumulation Shareholders, or Income Shareholders who
are having their income reinvested to purchase further
Shares, and whose holding in M&G Dividend Fund has a
value of at least £1000 may request that a percentage
value of their holding is automatically redeemed each year.
Such requests must be in writing using the “Regular
Withdrawal Facility” form available from the ACD.
14.4.2 Regular redemptions made using the Regular Withdrawal
Facility may not exceed, on an annualised basis, an
amount greater than 7% of the value of a Shareholding in
M&G Dividend Fund.
14.4.3 Subject to the percentage figure in 14.4.2 regular
redemptions may be made on a monthly, quarterly, half-
yearly or annual basis and will be based upon one twelfth,
one quarter, one half or the whole requested percentage
value of the Shareholder’s holding, respectively. The value
of the Shareholding will be calculated using the prevailing
price on the day the regular redemption is made (see
14.4.4).
14.4.4 Regular redemptions will be made on the last day of each
month. Where the last day of a month is not a Dealing Day,
the redemption will take place on the next Dealing Day.
Settlement will occur four business days following the
redemption. The first redemption will occur in the month
following receipt of a Shareholder’s “Regular Withdrawal
Facility” form.
14.4.5 Settlement of redemptions from the Regular Withdrawal
Facility will be made only to the Bank Account nominated
on the “Regular Withdrawal Facility” form.
14.4.6 Accumulation Shareholders using the Regular Withdrawal
Facility may vary their nominated Bank Account, frequency
of redemption or the annual percentage redemption figure
by completing a new “Regular Withdrawal Facility” form.
14.4.7 Shares redeemed as part of the Regular Withdrawal
Facility will not be subject to any Redemption Charge (see
16.2).
14.4.8 Shareholders using the Regular Withdrawal Facility should
note that such redemptions are treated as disposals for the
purposes of Capital Gains Tax.
14.4.9 Shareholders should note that where the annual
percentage growth in value of their holding is less than the
annual percentage value being redeemed using the
Regular Withdrawal Facility, they will in effect be eroding
the capital value of their original investment.
15 Switching and converting shares
15.1 Switching
15.1.1 Holders of Shares in a Sub-fund may at any time switch all
or some of their Shares of one Sub-fund (‘Original Shares’)
for Shares of another Sub-fund of this or another M&G
OEIC (‘New Shares’) provided they are eligible to hold
Shares in that class or Sub-fund and are in the same
currency. The number of New Shares issued will be
determined by reference to the respective prices of New
Shares and Original Shares at the valuation point
applicable at the time the Original Shares are redeemed
and the New Shares are issued.
15.1.2 Switching may be effected by giving instructions to the
ACD and the Shareholder may be required to provide
sufficient written instructions (which, if required - see
paragraph 14.2.3 - in the case of joint Shareholders must
be signed by all the joint holders).
15.1.3 The ACD may at its discretion charge a fee on the
switching of Shares between Sub-funds (see paragraph
16.3). When a fee is charged it will not exceed the
aggregate of the relevant redemption and initial charges in
respect of the Original Shares and the New Shares.
15.1.4 If the switch would result in the Shareholder holding a
number of Original Shares or New Shares of a value which
is less than the minimum holding in the Sub-fund
concerned the ACD may, if it thinks fit, switch the whole of
the applicant’s holding of Original Shares to New Shares
or refuse to effect any switch of the Original Shares. No
switches will be effected during any period when the right
of Shareholders to require the redemption of their Shares
is suspended. The general provision on procedures
relating to redemption will apply equally to a switch. Switch
instructions must be received by the ACD before the
valuation point on a Dealing Day in the Sub-fund or Sub-
funds concerned to be dealt with at the prices at those
valuation points on that Dealing Day, or at such other date
as may be approved by the ACD. Switch requests received
after a valuation point will be held over until the valuation
point in the next Dealing Day in the relevant Sub-fund or
Sub-funds.
15.1.5 The ACD may adjust the number of New Shares to be
issued to reflect the imposition of any switching fee
together with any other charges or levies in respect of the
issue or sale of the New Shares or repurchase or
cancellation of the Original Shares as may be permitted
pursuant to the Regulations.
15.1.6 Please note that a switch of Shares in one Sub-fund for
Shares in any other Sub-fund is treated as a redemption
and sale and will, for persons subject to UK taxation, be a
realisation for the purposes of capital gains taxation.
15.1.7 A Shareholder who switches Shares in one Sub-fund for
Shares in any other Sub-fund has no right by law to
withdraw from or cancel the transaction.
15.1.8 Terms and current charges for the switching of Shares of
any class of any Sub-fund, including for the Shares issued
by another M&G OEIC or for the switching of units in a
regulated scheme operated by the ACD, may be obtained
from the ACD.
15.2 Conversions
15.2.1 Conversions of Income Shares to Accumulation Shares
and of Accumulation Shares to Income Shares of the
same Class in the same Sub-fund are undertaken by
reference to the respective Share prices. For persons
subject to UK taxation, this will not be a realisation for the
purposes of capital gains taxation.
15.2.2 Where a Sub-fund issues multiple Share Classes, a
Shareholder may convert Shares of one Class for Shares
in another Class where they are eligible to hold the other
Class. Requests to convert between Share Classes must
be submitted using the appropriate form available from the
ACD. Such conversions will be executed within three
Dealing Days of receipt of a valid instruction. Requests to
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convert between Share Classes are undertaken by
reference to the respective Share prices of each Class. For
interest distributing funds, whose prices are calculated net
of income tax, these prices will be “net” prices. The impact
of using net prices where the conversion of Shares is to a
Class with a lower ACD’s annual remuneration (see
Appendix 1) is that the Sub-fund’s total tax charge will
increase and this increase will be borne by all
Shareholders in the receiving Share Class. This approach
has been agreed with the Depositary subject to the total
impact to Shareholders being immaterial. Where the ACD
determines at its absolute discretion that Share Class
conversions are materially prejudicial to the Shareholders
of a Share Class, instructions to convert between Share
Classes will only be executed on the Dealing Day following
the relevant Sub-fund’s XD date. In such circumstances,
instructions to convert between Share Classes must be
received by the ACD no sooner than ten business days
before the Sub-fund’s relevant XD date.
15.2.3 Please note that conversions may be subject to a fee. The
fee will not exceed an amount equal to the aggregate of
the then prevailing redemption charge (if any) in respect of
Original Shares and the initial charge (if any) in respect of
New Shares and is payable to the ACD.
16 Dealing charges
16.1 Initial Charge
The ACD may impose a charge on the buying of Shares. This
charge is a percentage of the total amount of your investment and
is deducted from your investment before Shares are purchased.
The current level in relation to the Sub-funds are set out for each
Sub-fund in Appendices 1 and 4 and are subject to discounts that
the ACD at its absolute discretion may apply from time to time.
Increases from the current rates of charge can only be made in
accordance with the Regulations and after the ACD has revised the
Prospectus to reflect the increased rate.
16.2 Redemption Charge
16.2.1 The ACD may make a charge on the cancellation and
redemption (including transfer) of Shares. At present, a
redemption charge is levied only on the selling of Shares
in a Sub-fund which does not have an initial charge on the
buying of Shares. Other Shares issued and bought, and
persons known to the ACD to have made arrangements for
the regular purchase of other Shares while this Prospectus
is in force, will not be subject to any redemption charge
introduced in the future in respect of those Shares.
Currently, those Shares deemed to carry a redemption
charge will carry a reducing redemption charge calculated
in accordance with the table below. With accumulation
shares, where any income is reinvested back into the share
price, the valuation when calculating a redemption will
include the capital gain associated with this reinvested
income. In relation to the imposition of a redemption
charge as set out above, where Shares of the class in
question have been purchased at different times by a
redeeming Shareholder, the Shares to be redeemed shall
be deemed to be the Shares which incur the least cost to
the Shareholder and thereafter the Shares purchased first
in time by that Shareholder.
Redemption charge table
The deduction from the mid value for redemption before
the following anniversaries would be:
1st year 4.5%
2nd year 4.0%
3rd year 3.0%
4th year 2.0%
5th year 1.0%
Thereafter Nil
16.2.2 The ACD may not introduce or increase a redemption
charge on Shares unless:
16.2.2.1 the ACD has complied with the Regulations
in relation to that introduction or change;
and
16.2.2.2 the ACD has revised the Prospectus to
reflect the introduction or change and the
date of its commencement and has made
the revised Prospectus available.
16.2.3 In the event of a change to the rate or method of
calculation of a redemption charge, details of the previous
rate or method of calculation will be available from the
ACD.
16.3 Switching Fee
On the switch of Shares of a Sub-fund for Shares of another Sub-
fund the Instrument of Incorporation authorises the Company to
impose a switching fee. The fee will not exceed an amount equal to
the aggregate of the then prevailing redemption charge (if any) in
respect of Original Shares and the initial charge (if any) in respect
of New Shares and is payable to the ACD.
16.3.1 If the switch is between Sub-funds and would be a large
deal for purposes of SDRT (see paragraph 18.3) then
applicable further charges may be imposed. Subject to
this, the ACD will normally waive the initial charge (if any)
in respect of New Shares if a switch is made to the same
class of Share within a different Sub-fund.
17 Other dealing information
17.1 Dilution
17.1.1 The basis on which each Sub-fund’s investments are
valued for the purpose of calculating the price of Shares as
stipulated in the Regulations and the Company’s
Instrument of Incorporation is summarised in section 24.
However, the actual cost of purchasing or selling
investments for a Sub-fund may deviate from the mid-
market value used in calculating the price of Shares in the
Sub-fund due to dealing costs such as broking charges,
taxes, and any spread between the buying and selling
prices of the underlying investments. These dealing costs
can have an adverse effect on the value of the Sub-fund,
known as “dilution”. The Regulations allow the cost of
dilution to be met directly from the Sub-fund’s assets or to
be recovered from investors on the purchase or
redemption of Shares in the Sub-fund inter alia by means
of a dilution adjustment to the dealing price, and this is the
policy which has been adopted by the ACD. The ACD shall
comply with rule COLL 6.3.8R in its application of any such
dilution adjustment. The ACD’s policy is designed to
minimise the impact of dilution on any Sub-fund.
17.1.2 The dilution adjustment for each Sub-fund will be
calculated by reference to the estimated costs of dealing in
the underlying investments of that Sub-fund, including any
dealing spreads, commissions and transfer taxes. The
need to apply a dilution adjustment will depend on the
relative volume of sales (where they are issued) to
redemptions (where they are cancelled) of shares. The
ACD may apply a dilution adjustment on the issue and
redemption of such shares if, in its opinion, the existing
shareholders (for sales) or remaining shareholders (for
redemptions) might be adversely affected, and if in
applying a dilution adjustment, so far as practicable, it is fair
to all shareholders and potential shareholders. In specie
transfers will not be taken into account when determining
any dilution adjustment and any incoming portfolio will be
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valued on the same basis as the Sub-fund is priced (i.e.
offer plus notional dealing charges, mid, or bid less notional
dealing charges). When a dilution adjustment is not applied
there may be a dilution of the assets of the Sub-fund which
may constrain the future growth of that Sub-fund.
17.1.3 The ACD may alter its current dilution adjustment policy by
giving shareholders at least 60 days’ notice and amending
the Prospectus before the change takes effect.
17.1.4 Based on experience, the ACD would typically expect to
make a dilution adjustment on most days, and this would
ordinarily be of the magnitude shown in the table below.
The ACD reserves the right to adjust the price by a lesser
amount but will always make such an adjustment in a fair
manner solely to reduce dilution and not for the purpose of
creating a profit or avoiding a loss for the account of the
ACD or an associate. It should be noted that as dilution is
related to inflows and outflows of monies and the purchase
and sale of investments it is not possible to predict
accurately if and when dilution will occur and to what
extent.
Dilution adjustment table
Typical dilution adjustments for the following Sub-funds
would be:
M&G Corporate Bond Fund +0.33% / - 0.32%
M&G Dividend Fund +0.62% / - 0.17 %
M&G Emerging Markets Bond Fund +0.39%/ - 0.40%
M&G European Corporate Bond Fund +0.23%/ - 0.23%
M&G European High Yield Bond Fund +0.45%/ - 0.46%
M&G Fund of Investment Trust Shares +0.86%/ - 0.52%
M&G Global Government Bond Fund +0.10% / - 0.10%
M&G Recovery Fund +0.83%/ - 0.36%
M&G Smaller Companies Fund +0.92%/ - 0.47%
Positive dilution adjustment figures indicate a typical
increase from mid price when the Sub-fund is experiencing
net issues. Negative dilution adjustment figures indicate a
typical decrease from mid price when the Sub-fund is
experiencing net redemptions. Figures are based on the
historic costs of dealing in the underlying investments
of the relevant Sub-funds for the twelve months to
30 September 2014, including any spreads, commissions
and transfer taxes.
17.2 In specie issues and redemptions
At its absolute discretion the ACD may agree or determine that
instead of payment in cash to, or from, the Shareholder for Shares
in a Sub-fund, the settlement of an issue or redemption transaction
may be effected by the transfer of property into or out of the assets
of the Company on such terms as the ACD shall decide in
consultation with the investment manager and the Depositary. In the
case of redemptions, the ACD shall give notice to the Shareholder
prior to the redemption proceeds becoming payable of its intention
to transfer property to the Shareholder and, if required by the
Shareholder, may agree to transfer to the Shareholder the net
proceeds of the sale of such property.
The ACD may also offer to sell an investor’s property and invest the
proceeds by purchasing Shares in the Company, subject to detailed
terms and conditions available upon request.
17.3 Client Account
Cash may be held for investors in a client account in certain
circumstances. Interest is not paid on any such balances.
17.4 Excessive Trading
17.4.1 The ACD generally encourages Shareholders to invest in
Sub-funds as part of a medium to long-term investment
strategy and discourages excessive, short term, or abusive
trading practices. Such activities may have a detrimental
effect on the Sub-funds and other Shareholders. The ACD
has several powers to help ensure that Shareholder
interests are protected from such practices. These include:
17.4.1.1 Refusing an application for Shares (see
paragraph 13.1.2);
17.4.1.2 Fair Value Pricing (see paragraph 24); and,
17.4.1.3 Applying the Dilution Adjustment (see
paragraph 17.1).
17.4.2 We monitor shareholder dealing activity and if we identify
any behaviour that, in our view, constitutes inappropriate or
excessive trading, we may take any of the following steps
with the shareholders we believe are responsible:
17.4.2.1 Issue warnings which if ignored may lead to
further applications for Shares being
refused;
17.4.2.2 Restrict methods of dealing available to
particular Shareholders; and/or,
17.4.2.3 Impose a switching fee (see paragraph
16.3).
17.4.3 We may take these steps at any time, without any
obligation to provide prior notice and without any liability for
any consequence that may arise.
17.4.4 Inappropriate or excessive trading can sometimes be
difficult to detect particularly where transactions are placed
via a nominee account. The ACD therefore cannot
guarantee that its efforts will be successful in eliminating
such activities and their detrimental effects.
18 Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (‘SDRT’)
18.1 The stamp duty reserve tax (SDRT) charge on UK unit trusts and
open-ended investment companies (OEICs) has been abolished
with effect from 30 March 2014. A principal SDRT charge of 0.5%
has been retained to be made on the value of non-pro rata in specie
redemptions. This is a principal SDRT charge payable by the
investor by reference to the value of chargeable securities
redeemed in this type of transaction.
19 Money laundering
As a result of legislation in force in the United Kingdom to prevent
money laundering, firms conducting investment business are
responsible for compliance with money laundering regulations. The
ACD may verify your identity electronically when you undertake
certain transactions. In certain circumstances investors may be
asked to provide proof of identity when buying or selling shares.
Normally this will not result in any delay in carrying out instructions
but, should the ACD request additional information, this may mean
that instructions will not be carried out until the information is
received. In these circumstances, the ACD may refuse to issue or,
redeem Shares, release the proceeds of redemption or carry out
such instructions.
20 Restrictions on dealing
20.1 The ACD may from time to time impose such restrictions as it may
think necessary for the purpose of ensuring that no Shares are
acquired or held by any person in breach of the law or
governmental regulation (or any interpretation of a law or regulation
by a competent authority) of any country or territory. In this
connection, the ACD may, inter alia, reject in its discretion any
application for the issue, sale, redemption, cancellation or switch of
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Shares or require the mandatory redemption of Shares or transfer
of Shares to a person qualified to hold them.
20.2 The distribution of this prospectus and the offering of Shares in or
to persons resident in or nationals of or citizens of jurisdictions
outside the UK or who are nominees of, custodians or trustees for,
citizens or nationals of other countries may be affected by the laws
of the relevant jurisdictions. Such Shareholders should inform
themselves about and observe any applicable legal requirements.
It is the responsibility of any Shareholder to satisfy himself as to the
full observance of the laws and regulatory requirements of the
relevant jurisdiction, including obtaining any governmental,
exchange control or other consents which may be required, or
compliance with other necessary formalities needing to be
observed and payment of any issue, transfer or other taxes or
duties due in such jurisdiction. Any such Shareholder will be
responsible for any such issue, transfer or other taxes or payments
by whomsoever payable and the Company (and any person acting
on behalf of it) shall be fully indemnified and held harmless by such
Shareholder for any such issue, transfer or other taxes or duties as
the Company (and any person acting on behalf of it) may be
required to pay.
20.3 If it comes to the notice of the ACD that any Shares (“affected
Shares”) are owned directly or beneficially in breach of any law or
governmental regulation (or any interpretation of a law or regulation
by a competent authority) of any country or territory, which would
(or would if other Shares were acquired or held in like
circumstances) result in the Company incurring any liability to
taxation which the Company would not be able to recoup itself or
suffering any other adverse consequence (including a requirement
to register under any securities or investment or similar laws or
governmental regulations of any country or territory) or by virtue of
which the Shareholder or Shareholders in question is/are not
qualified to hold such Shares or if it reasonably believes this to be
the case, the ACD may give notice to the Shareholder(s) of the
affected Shares requiring the transfer of such Shares to a person
who is qualified or entitled to own them or that a request in writing
be given for the redemption of such Shares. If any Shareholder
upon whom such a notice is served does not within thirty days after
the date of such notice transfer their affected Shares to a person
qualified to own them or submit a written request for their
redemption to the ACD or establish to the satisfaction of the ACD
(whose judgement is final and binding) that they or the beneficial
owner are qualified and entitled to own the affected Shares, they
shall be deemed upon the expiration of that thirty day period to
have given a request in writing for the redemption or cancellation (at
the discretion of the ACD) of all the affected Shares pursuant to the
Regulations.
20.4 A Shareholder who becomes aware that they are holding or own
affected Shares shall forthwith, unless they have already received a
notice as aforesaid, either transfer all their affected Shares to a
person qualified to own them or submit a request in writing to the
ACD for the redemption of all their affected Shares.
20.5 Where a request in writing is given or deemed to be given for the
redemption of affected Shares, such redemption will be effected in
the same manner as provided for under the Regulations, if effected
at all.
21 Suspension of dealings in the Company
21.1 The ACD may with the agreement of the Depositary, or must if the
Depositary so requires temporarily suspend for a period the issue,
sale, cancellation and redemption of Shares or any class of Shares
in any or all of the Sub-funds if the ACD or the Depositary is of the
opinion that due to exceptional circumstances there is good and
sufficient reason to do so having regard to the interests of
Shareholders.
21.2 The ACD will notify Shareholders as soon as is practicable after the
commencement of the suspension, including details of the
exceptional circumstances which have led to the suspension, in a
clear, fair and not misleading way and giving Shareholders details
of how to find further information about the suspensions.
21.3 Where such suspension takes place, the ACD will publish, on its
website or other general means, sufficient details to keep
Shareholders appropriately informed about the suspension,
including, if known, its possible duration.
21.4 During the suspension none of the obligations in COLL 6.2
(Dealing) will apply but the ACD will comply with as much of COLL
6.3 (Valuation and Pricing) during the period of suspension as is
practicable in light of the suspension.
21.5 Re-calculation of the Share price for the purpose of sales and
purchases will commence on the next relevant valuation point
following the ending of the suspension.
22 Governing law
All deals in Shares are governed by English law.
23 Valuation of the Company
23.1 The price of a Share of a particular class in the Company is
calculated by reference to the Net Asset Value of the Sub-fund to
which it relates and attributable to that class and adjusted for the
effect of charges applicable to that class and further adjusted to
reduce any dilutive effect of dealing in the Sub-fund (for more detail
of dilution adjustment see 15.1). The Net Asset Value per Share of
a Sub-fund is currently calculated at 12.00 noon UK time on each
Dealing Day.
23.2 The ACD may at any time during a Dealing Day carry out an
additional valuation if the ACD considers it desirable to do so.
24 Calculation of the Net Asset Value
24.1 The value of the scheme property of the Company or Sub-fund (as
the case may be) shall be the value of its assets less the value of
its liabilities determined in accordance with the following provisions.
24.2 All the scheme property (including receivables) of the Company (or
the Sub-fund) is to be included, subject to the following provisions.
24.3 Property which is not cash (or other assets dealt with in paragraph
24.4) or a contingent liability transaction shall be valued as follows
and the prices used shall be (subject as follows) the most recent
prices which it is practicable to obtain:
24.3.1 units or shares in a collective investment scheme:
24.3.1.1 if, a single price for buying and selling units
is quoted, at the most recent such price; or
24.3.1.2 if, separate buying or selling prices are
quoted, at the average of the two prices
provided the buying price has been reduced
by any initial charge included therein and
the selling price excludes any exit or
redemption charge attributable thereto; or
24.3.1.3 if, in the opinion of the ACD, the price
obtained is unreliable or no recent traded
price is available or no recent price exists or
if the most recent price available does not
reflect the ACD’s best estimate of the value
of the units or shares, at a value which, in
the opinion of the ACD, is fair and
reasonable;
24.3.2 exchange-traded derivative contracts:
24.3.2.1 if, a single price for buying and selling the
exchange-traded derivative contract is
quoted, at that price; or
24.3.2.2 if, separate buying and selling prices are
quoted, at the average of the two prices; or
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24.3.3 over-the-counter derivative products shall be valued in
accordance with the method of valuation as shall have
been agreed between the ACD and the Depositary;
24.3.4 any other investment;
24.3.4.1 if, a single price for buying and selling the
security is quoted, at that price; or
24.3.4.2 if, separate buying and selling prices are
quoted, the average of those two prices; or
24.3.4.3 if, in the opinion of the ACD, the price
obtained is unreliable or no recent traded
price is available or if no price exists or if
the most recent price available does not
reflect the ACD’s best estimate of the value
of the securities, at a value which in the
opinion of the ACD is fair and reasonable;
24.3.5 property other than that described in paragraphs 24.3.1,
24.3.2, 24.3.3 and 24.3.4 above: at a value which, in the
opinion of the ACD, represents a fair and reasonable mid-
market price.
24.4 Cash and amounts held in current, deposit and margin accounts
and in other time-related deposits shall normally be valued at their
nominal values.
24.5 In determining the value of the scheme property, all instructions
given to issue or cancel Shares shall be assumed (unless the
contrary is shown) to have been carried out and any cash payment
made or received and all consequential action required by
Regulations or the Instrument shall be assumed (unless the
contrary shown to have been taken).
24.6 Subject to paragraphs 24.7 and 24.8 below, agreements for the
unconditional sale or purchase of property which are in existence
but uncompleted shall be assumed to have been completed and all
consequential action required to have been taken. Such
unconditional agreements need not be taken into account if made
shortly before the valuation takes place and, in the opinion of the
ACD, their omission will not materially affect the final Net Asset
Value amount.
24.7 Futures or contracts for differences which are not yet due to be
performed and unexpired and unexercised written or purchased
options shall not be included under paragraph 24.6.
24.8 All agreements are to be included under paragraph 24.7 which are,
or ought reasonably to have been, known to the person valuing the
property.
24.9 An estimated amount for anticipated tax liabilities (on unrealised
capital gains where the liabilities have accrued and are payable out
of the property of the Scheme; on realised capital gains in respect
of previously completed and current accounting periods; and on
income where liabilities have accrued) at that point in time including
(as applicable and without limitation) capital gains tax, income tax,
corporation tax, value added tax, stamp duty, Stamp Duty Reserve
Tax and any foreign taxes and duties will be deducted.
24.10 An estimated amount for any liabilities payable out of the scheme
property and any tax thereon treating periodic items as accruing
from day to day will be deducted.
24.11 The principal amount of any outstanding borrowing whenever
repayable and any accrued but unpaid interest on borrowing will be
deducted.
24.12 An estimated amount for accrued claims for repayments of tax of
whatever nature to the Company which may be recoverable will be
added.
24.13 Any other credits or amounts due to be paid into the scheme
property will be added.
24.14 A sum representing any interest or any income accrued due or
deemed to have accrued but not received will be added.
24.15 The amount of any adjustment deemed necessary by the ACD to
ensure that the Net Asset Value is based on the most recent
information and is fair to all Shareholders will be added or deducted
as appropriate.
24.16 Currencies or values in currencies other than a Sub-fund’s
Valuation Currency shall be converted at the relevant valuation
point at a prevailing rate of exchange which is not likely to result in
any material prejudice to the interests of Shareholders or potential
Shareholders. The Valuation Currency of each Sub-fund is noted in
Appendices 1 and 4.
25 Price per share in each Sub-fund and each class
The price per Share at which Shares are bought by investors is the
sum of the Net Asset Value of a Share adjusted to reduce any
dilutive effect of dealing in the Sub-fund (for more detail of dilution
adjustment see 17.1) before any initial charge. The price per Share
at which Shares are sold by investors is the Net Asset Value per
Share adjusted to reduce any dilutive effect of dealing in the Sub-
fund (for more detail of dilution adjustment see 17.1) before any
applicable redemption charge. In addition, there may, for both
purchases and sales, be a charge for SDRT as described in
paragraph 18.
26 Pricing basis
There shall be a single price for a Share in any Class. The
Company deals on a forward pricing basis. A forward price is the
price calculated at the next valuation point after the purchase or
sale is agreed.
27 Publication of prices
(Investors in Euro Share Classes should refer to Appendix
4)
The most recent price of Sterling Class A and X Shares appear
daily on our web-site at www.mandg.co.uk or can be obtained free
from M&G Customer Relations on 0800 390390. The most recent
price of Sterling Class I Shares appear on M&G’s institutional client
website at www.mandgfunds.co.uk. The most recent price of
Sterling Class C shares appear on M&G’s intranet site.
28 Risk factors
Potential investors should consider the risk factors referenced in
Section 41 before investing in the Company.
29 Charges and Expenses
Introduction
This section details the payments that may be made out of the Company and
its Sub-funds to the parties operating the Company and its Sub-funds, to
meet the costs of administration of the Company and its Sub-funds and in
respect of the investment and safekeeping of their scheme property.
Each Class of shares in a Sub-fund has an Ongoing Charges Figure and this
is shown in the relevant Key Investor Information Document. The Ongoing
Charges Figure is intended to assist Shareholders to ascertain and
understand the impact of charges on their investment each year and to
compare the level of those charges with the level of charges in other funds.
The Ongoing Charges Figure excludes portfolio transaction costs and any
initial charge or redemption charge but will capture the effect of the various
charges and expenses referred to in this section. In common with other types
of investors in financial markets, the Sub-funds incur costs when buying and
selling underlying investments in pursuit of their investment objective. These
portfolio transaction costs include dealing spread, broker commissions,
transfer taxes and stamp duty incurred by the Sub-fund on transactions. The
annual and half-yearly reports of each Sub-fund provide further information
on portfolio transaction costs incurred in the relevant reporting period.
VAT may be payable on the charges or expenses mentioned in this section.
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29.1 The ACD’s Annual Management Charge
29.1.1 The ACD is permitted to take a charge from each Share
Class of each Sub-fund as payment for carrying out its
duties and responsibilities. This is known as the ACD’s
“Annual Management Charge” (sometimes abbreviated to
“AMC”).
29.1.2 The Annual Management Charge is based on a
percentage of the Net Asset Value of each Share Class in
each Sub-fund. The annual rate of this charge is set out for
each Sub-fund in Appendices 1 and 4.
29.1.3 Each day the ACD charges one-365th of the Annual
Management Charge (or one-366th if it is a leap year). If
the day is not a Dealing Day, the ACD will take the charge
into account on the next Dealing Day. The ACD calculates
this charge using the Net Asset Value of each Share Class
on the previous Dealing Day.
29.1.4 Though the Annual Management Charge is calculated and
taken into account daily in each Share Class’s price, it is
actually paid to the ACD every fortnight.
29.1.5 Where a Sub-fund invests in the units or shares of another
fund managed by the ACD, or by an associate of the ACD,
the ACD will reduce its Annual Management Charge by the
amount of any equivalent charge that has been taken on
the underlying funds. Underlying funds will also waive any
initial or redemption charges which might otherwise apply.
That way, the ACD ensures that Shareholders are not
charged twice.
29.2 The ACD’s Administration Charge
29.2.1 The ACD is permitted to take a charge from each Share
Class of each Sub-fund as payment for administrative
services to the Company. This is called the Administration
Charge. This covers costs such as the maintenance of the
Company’s register, the internal administrative costs
involved in buying and selling shares in each Sub-fund, the
payment of each Sub-fund’s distributions, and the payment
of the fees of regulators in the UK or in other countries
where Sub-funds are registered for sale.
29.2.2 The Administration Charge is based on a percentage of
the Net Asset Value of each Share Class in each Sub-
fund. The annual rate of this charge is set out in
Appendices 1 and 4 (plus any value added tax if
applicable).
29.2.3 The Administration Charge is calculated and taken into
account daily and is paid fortnightly to the ACD on the
same basis as described at 29.1.3 and 29.1.4 for the
Annual Management Charge.
29.2.4 If the cost of providing administrative services to the
Company is more than the Administration Charge taken in
any period, the ACD will make up the difference. If the cost
of providing administrative services to the Company is less
than the Administration Charge taken in any period, the
ACD will keep the difference.
29.3 The ACD’s Share Class Hedging Charge
29.3.1 The ACD is permitted to take a charge from each hedged
Share Class of each Sub-fund as payment for hedging
services to that Share Class. This is called the Share Class
Hedging Charge.
29.3.2 The Share Class Hedging Charge is a variable rate
detailed in Appendices 1 and 4 (plus any value added tax
if applicable). The exact rate will vary within the specified
range depending upon the total amount of share class
hedging activities across the entire range of OEICs
managed by the ACD.
29.3.3 The Share Class Hedging Charge is calculated and taken
into account daily and paid fortnightly on the same basis as
described at 29.1.3 and 29.1.4] for the Annual
Management Charge.
29.3.4 If the cost of providing share class hedging services to the
Sub-fund is more than the Share Class Hedging Charge
taken in any period, the ACD will make up the difference. If
the cost of providing share class hedging services to the
Company is less than the Share Class Hedging Charge
taken in any period, the ACD will keep the difference.
29.4 The Depositary’s Charges and Expenses
29.4.1 The Depositary takes a charge from each Sub-fund as
payment for its duties as depositary. This is called the
Depositary’s Charge.
29.4.2 The Depositary’s Charge is based on the Net Asset Value
of each Sub-fund, and is charged on a sliding scale as
follows:
Percentage charge
per annum Net Asset value
0.0075% First £150 million
0.005% Next £500 million
0.0025% Balance above £650 million
This sliding scale is agreed between the ACD and the Depositary
and may be changed. If it does change, the ACD will inform you in
accordance with the COLL Sourcebook.
29.4.3 The Depositary’s Charge is calculated and taken into
account daily and is paid fortnightly to the Depositary on
the same basis as described at 29.1.3 and 29.1.4 for the
Annual Management Charge.
29.4.4 The Depositary may also make a charge for its services in
relation to:
• distributions,
• the provision of banking services,
• holding money on deposit,
• lending money,
• engaging in stock lending, derivative or unsecured
loan transactions,
• the purchase or sale, or dealing in the purchase or
sale of, Scheme Property,
provided that the services are in accordance with the provisions of
the COLL Sourcebook.
29.4.5 The Depositary is also entitled to payment and
reimbursement of all costs, liabilities and expenses it incurs
in the performance of, or in arranging the performance of,
functions conferred on it by the Instrument of
Incorporation, the COLL Sourcebook or by general law.
Such expenses generally include, but are not restricted to:
• delivery of stock to the Depositary or custodian;
• collection and distribution of income and capital;
• submission of tax returns and handling tax claims;
• such other duties as the Depositary is permitted or
required by law to perform.
29.5 Custody Charges
29.5.1 The Depositary is entitled to be paid a Custody Charge in
relation to the safe-keeping of each Sub-fund’s assets
(“custody”).
29.5.2 The Custody Charge is variable depending upon the
specific custody arrangements for each type of asset. The
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Custody Charge is a range between 0.00005% and 0.40%
of the asset values per annum.
29.5.3 The Custody Charge is taken into account daily in each
Share Class’s price. It is calculated each month using the
value of each asset type and it is paid to State Street Bank
and Trust Company when it invoices the Sub-fund.
29.6 Custody Transaction Charges
29.6.1 The Depositary is also entitled to be paid Custody
Transaction Charges in relation to processing transactions
in each Sub-fund’s assets.
29.6.2 The Custody Transaction Charges vary depending on the
country and the type of transaction involved. The Custody
Transaction Charges generally range between £4 and £75
per transaction.
29.6.3 The Custody Transaction Charges are taken into account
daily in each Share Class’s price. It is calculated each
month based on the number of transactions that have
taken place and it is paid to State Street Bank and Trust
Company when it invoices the Sub-fund.
29.7 Other Expenses
29.7.1 The costs and expenses relating to the authorisation and
incorporation and establishment of the Company, the offer
of Shares, the preparation and printing of this Prospectus
and the fees of the professional advisers to the Company
in connection with the offer will be borne by the ACD.
29.7.2 The direct establishment costs of each Sub-fund formed,
or Share Class created, may be borne by the relevant Sub-
fund or by the ACD at its discretion.
29.7.3 The Company may pay out of the property of the
Company charges and expenses incurred by the
Company unless they are covered by the Administration
Charge. These include the following expenses:
29.7.3.1 reimbursement of all out of pocket
expenses incurred by the ACD in the
performance of its duties;
29.7.3.2 broker’s commission, taxes and duties
(including stamp duty and / or Stamp Duty
Reserve Tax), and other disbursements
which are necessarily incurred in effecting
transactions for the Sub-funds;
29.7.3.3 any fees or expenses of any legal or other
professional adviser of the Company;
29.7.3.4 any costs incurred in respect of meetings of
Shareholders convened on a requisition by
Shareholders but not those convened by
the ACD or an associate of the ACD;
29.7.3.5 liabilities on unitisation, amalgamation or
reconstruction including certain liabilities
arising after transfer of property to the Sub-
funds in consideration for the issue of
Shares as more fully detailed in the
Regulations;
29.7.3.6 interest on borrowing and charges incurred
in effecting or terminating such borrowing
or in negotiating or varying the terms of
such borrowing on behalf of the Sub-funds;
29.7.3.7 taxation and duties payable in respect of
the property of the Sub-funds or of the
issue or redemption of Shares, including
SDRT;
29.7.3.8 the audit fees of the Auditor (including value
added tax) and any expenses of the
Auditor;
29.7.3.9 if the Shares are listed on any stock
exchange, the fees connected with the
listing (though none of the Shares are
currently listed); and,
29.7.3.10 any value added or similar tax relating to
any charge or expense set out herein.
29.7.4 In certain circumstances, the Investment Manager may
participate in a commission sharing arrangement. This is a
term given to the system of commission payments
awarded to participating brokers from the Investment
Manager which may be used to pay other third party
research providers. The participating brokers agree to “give
up” commission payments in relation to equity trades to the
research provider. This arrangement is founded on the
basis that the participating broker keeps part of the
commission for the execution service and the research
provider receives commission for the research services
provided to the Investment Manager.
29.8 Allocation of charges
For each Sub-fund, the charges and expenses described in this
section are either charged to capital or income (or both) in
accordance with the Regulations. Where the investment objective of
a Sub-fund is to treat the generation of income as an equal or
higher priority than the generation of capital growth, all or part of its
proportion of the charges and expense may be charged against
capital instead of against income. This can only be done with the
approval of the Depositary. This treatment of the charges and
expense may increase the amount of income available for
distribution to Shareholders in the Sub-fund concerned, but it may
constrain capital growth. For those Share Classes where charges
and expenses are paid from income, if there is insufficient income
to fully pay those charges and expenses, the residual amount is
taken from capital.
Appendix 1 and Appendix 4 details whether the charges and
expense are taken from income or capital for each Sub-fund.
30 Stock lending
30.1 The Company or the Depositary at the request of the Company,
may enter into certain stocklending arrangements in respect of the
Company or a Sub-fund. The Company or the Depositary delivers
securities which are the subject of the stocklending arrangement in
return for an agreement that securities of the same kind and
amount should be redelivered to the Company or the Depositary at
a later date. The Company or the Depositary at the time of delivery
receives collateral to cover the risk of the future redelivery not being
completed. There is no limit on the value of the property of the
Company which may be the subject of stocklending arrangements.
30.2 Stocklending arrangements must be an arrangement of the kind
described in Section 263B of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act
1992. The arrangements must also comply with the requirements of
the Regulations.
31 Shareholder meetings and voting rights
31.1 Annual General Meeting
In accordance with the provisions of the Open-Ended Investment
Companies (Amendment) Regulations 2005, the Company has
elected not to hold annual general meetings.
31.2 Requisitions of Meetings
31.2.1 The ACD or the Depositary may requisition a general
meeting at any time.
31.2.2 Shareholders may also requisition a general meeting of the
Company. A requisition by Shareholders must state the
objects of the meeting, be dated, be signed by
Shareholders who, at the date of the requisition, are
registered as holding not less than one-tenth in value of all
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Shares then in issue and the requisition must be deposited
at the head office of the Company. The ACD must convene
a general meeting no later than eight weeks after receipt of
such requisition.
31.3 Notice and Quorum
Shareholders will receive at least 14 days notice of a Shareholders’
meeting (other than an adjourned meeting where a shorter period
of notice can apply) and are entitled to be counted in the quorum
and vote at such meeting either in person or by proxy. If after a
reasonable time from the time set for an adjourned meeting there
are not two Shareholders present in person or by proxy, the quorum
for the adjourned meeting shall be one person entitled to be
counted in a quorum and present at the meeting.. Notices of
meetings and adjourned meetings will normally be given in writing
to the Shareholder’s registered addresses (or, at the discretion of
the ACD, such other address which we may hold for the purposes
of correspondence).
31.4 Voting Rights
31.4.1 At a meeting of Shareholders, on a show of hands every
Shareholder who (being an individual) is present in person
or (being a corporation) is present by its representative
properly authorised in that regard, has one vote.
31.4.2 On a poll vote, a Shareholder may vote either in person or
by proxy. The voting rights attaching to each Share are
such proportion of the voting rights attaching to all the
Shares in issue that the price of the Share bears to the
aggregate price(s) of all the Shares in issue as at a cut-off
date selected by the ACD which is a reasonable time
before the notice of meeting is deemed to have been
served.
31.4.3 A Shareholder entitled to more than one vote need not, if
he votes, use all his votes or cast all the votes he uses in
the same way.
31.4.4 Except where the Regulations or the Instrument of
Incorporation of the Company require an extraordinary
resolution (which needs 75% of the votes cast at the
meeting to be in favour for the resolution to be passed) any
resolution required will be passed by a simple majority of
the votes validly cast for and against the resolution.
31.4.5 The ACD may not be counted in the quorum for a meeting
and neither the ACD nor any associate (as defined in the
Regulations) of the ACD is entitled to vote at any meeting
of the Company except in respect of Shares which the
ACD or associate holds on behalf of or jointly with a person
who, if the registered Shareholder, would be entitled to vote
and from whom the ACD or associate has received voting
instructions.
31.4.6 ‘Shareholders’ in this context of this paragraph 34 means
Shareholders as at a cut-off date selected by the ACD
which is a reasonable time before the notice of the relevant
meeting was deemed to have been served but excludes
holders of Shares who are known to the ACD not to be
Shareholders at the time of the meeting.
31.4.7 Investors in Euro, or Sterling where available, Share
Classes whose holdings are registered through M&G
International Investments Nominees Limited will be offered
a vote at general meetings when M&G International
Investments Limited considers, at its sole discretion, that
the investors’ interests may be materially affected.
31.5 Class and Sub-fund Meetings
The above provisions, unless the context otherwise requires, apply
to class meetings and meetings of Sub-funds as they apply to
general meetings of Shareholders.
31.6 Variation of Class Rights
The rights attached to a class may not be varied unless done so
pursuant to the notification requirements of COLL 4.3R.
32 Taxation
32.1 General
The information given under this heading does not constitute legal
or tax advice and prospective investors should consult their own
professional advisers about the implications of subscribing for,
buying, holding, exchanging, selling or otherwise disposing of
Shares under the laws of the jurisdiction in which they may be
subject to tax.
32.2 Taxation of the Company
32.2.1 Income
Each Sub-fund will be liable to corporation tax on its
taxable income less expenses at the lower rate of income
tax (currently 20%).
32.2.2 Capital gains
Capital gains accruing to a Sub-fund will be exempt from
UK tax.
32.3 Distributions
Sub-funds with over 60% invested in qualifying assets (broadly
interest paying) throughout the relevant distribution period can elect
to make interest distributions. It is the ACD’s current intention that
the M&G Corporate Bond Fund, the M&G Emerging Markets Bond
Fund, the M&G European Corporate Bond Fund, the M&G
European High Yield Bond Fund, and the M&G Global Government
Bond Fund will be managed in such a way that they will be able to
make interest distributions. In all other cases they will pay dividend
distributions.
32.4 Taxation of the investor
32.4.1 Dividend distributions - UK resident individual
shareholders
The distributions paid out or accumulated are dividends
which carry a tax credit at the rate of 10% of the gross
income. Individual shareholders whose income is within
the basic rate band will have no further tax to pay. Higher
rate taxpayers can set the tax credit against their tax
liability, which will be charged at a rate of 32.5% on
dividend income. For additional rate taxpayers the tax
credit can be set against their tax liability, which will be
charged at a rate of 37.5% on dividend income. For non
taxpayers, none of the tax credit is refundable. (42.5% will
apply to the new 50% tax rate). The distribution and
associated tax credit should be entered separately on
income tax returns. For non taxpayers, none of the tax
credit is refundable.
32.4.2 Dividend distributions – UK resident corporate
shareholders
Distributions will be divided into that part which relates to
UK dividend income of the Fund, and that part which
relates to other income. The part relating to UK dividend
income is not taxable. The tax credit received in respect of
it cannot be reclaimed. The other part is taxable as if it
were an annual payment and is subject to corporation tax.
The taxable part of the distribution is received net of an
income tax deduction of 20% which can be offset against
a shareholder’s liability to corporation tax and may be
recoverable. The tax voucher will show the ratio between
the part relating to UK dividend income (franked investment
income) and the part relating to taxable annual payments
and also shows, in terms of a pence per share rate, the tax
which can be recovered.
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32.4.3 Interest distributions
These are paid after deduction of income tax at the rate of
20%. The tax deducted will be creditable against an
investor’s liability to UK tax on interest distributions.
Individuals paying UK tax at 20% will not be subject to
further taxation; however, higher rate taxpayers will be
liable to pay further UK tax at their marginal rate. Certain
non-taxpayers and UK resident corporate Shareholders
should be able to reclaim from HM Revenue & Customs
the 20% tax deducted. Certain categories of Shareholder
may receive interest distributions gross, if they can
demonstrate to the satisfaction of the ACD that they are
eligible with reference to section 930 of the Income Tax Act
2007 or Regulation 26 of the Authorised Investment Funds
(Tax) Regulations 2006. The ACD will accept a completed
Declaration of Eligibility for Gross Interest Distributions
Form, or if appropriate, another HMRC form (Form 105
typically in the case of individuals), signed by persons
authorised to sign on behalf of the Shareholder declaring
to the ACD that they meet the necessary criteria as
described above to be entitled to gross distributions.
UK resident corporate Shareholders should note that
where they hold a fund which makes interest distributions,
gains will be subject to loan relationship rules. Where a
gross payment is made and the investor holds
Accumulation shares, we intend to use any element of
reclaimable tax to purchase further Accumulation shares in
that Sub-fund. If we do so we will waive any initial charge
due to us on such re-investment. These re-investments will
be made fourteen days before the relevant published
income allocation date.
32.4.4 Capital gains
Profits arising on disposal of shares are subject to capital
gains tax. However, if the total gains from all sources
realised by an individual share holder in a tax year, after
deducting allowable losses, are less than the annual
exemption, there is no capital gains tax to apply. Where
income equalisation applies (see below), the buying price
of Shares includes accrued income which is repaid to the
investor with the first allocation of income following the
purchase. This repayment is deemed to be a repayment of
capital and is therefore made without deduction of tax but
must be deducted from the investor’s base cost of the
relevant Shares for purposes of calculating any liability to
capital gains tax.
32.4.5 The above statements are only intended as a general
summary of UK tax law and practice as at the date of this
Prospectus and may change in the future. Any investor
who is in any doubt as to his or her UK tax position in
relation to the Company should consult a UK professional
adviser.
33 Income equalisation
33.1 Income equalisation will be applied to Shares issued by the
Company.
33.2 Part of the purchase price of a Share reflects the relevant share of
accrued income received or to be received by the Company. This
capital sum is returned to a Shareholder with the first allocation of
income in respect of a Share issued during the relevant accounting
period.
33.3 The amount of income equalisation is calculated by dividing the
aggregate of the amounts of income included in the price of
Shares issued to or bought by Shareholders in an annual or interim
accounting period (see paragraph 39.2.1) by the number of those
Shares and applying the resultant average to each of the Shares in
question.
34 Winding up of the Company or a Sub-fund of
the Company
34.1 The Company shall not be wound up except as an unregistered
company under Part V of the Insolvency Act 1986 or under the
Regulations. A Sub-fund may only be wound up under the
Regulations.
34.2 Where the Company or a Sub-fund is to be wound up under the
Regulations, such winding up may only be commenced following
approval by the FCA. The FCA may only give such approval if the
ACD provides a statement (following an investigation into the affairs
of the Company) either that the Company will be able to meet its
liabilities within 12 months of the date of the statement or that the
Company will be unable to do so.
34.3 The Company or a Sub-fund may be wound up under the
Regulations if:
34.3.1 an extraordinary resolution to that effect is passed by
Shareholders; or
34.3.2 the period (if any) fixed for the duration of the Company or
a particular Sub-fund by the Instrument of Incorporation
expires, or the event (if any) occurs on the occurrence of
which the Instrument of Incorporation provides that the
Company or a particular Sub-fund is to be wound up (for
example, if the share capital of the Company is below its
prescribed minimum or (in relation to any Sub-fund) the Net
Asset Value of the Sub-fund is less than £10,000,000, or if
a change in the laws or regulations of any country means
that, in the ACD’s opinion, it is desirable to terminate the
Sub-fund); or
34.3.3 on the date of effect stated in any agreement by the
FCA to a request by the ACD for the revocation of the
authorisation order in respect of the Company or the
Sub-fund.
34.4 On the occurrence of any of the above:
34.4.1 Regulations 6.2, 6.3 and 5 relating to Dealing, Valuation
and Pricing and Investment and Borrowing will cease to
apply to the Company or the Sub-fund;
34.4.2 the Company will cease to issue and cancel Shares in the
Company or the Sub-fund and the ACD shall cease to sell
or redeem Shares or arrange for the Company to issue or
cancel them for the Company or the Sub-fund;
34.4.3 no transfer of a Share shall be registered and no other
change to the register shall be made without the sanction
of the ACD;
34.4.4 where the Company is being wound up, the Company shall
cease to carry on its business except in so far as it is
beneficial for the winding up of the Company;
34.4.5 the corporate status and powers of the Company and,
subject to the provisions of Clauses 38.4.1 and 38.4.2
above, the powers of the ACD shall remain until the
Company is dissolved.
34.5 The ACD shall, as soon as practicable after the Company or the
Sub-fund falls to be wound up, realise the assets and meet the
liabilities of the Company or the Sub-fund and, after paying out or
retaining adequate provision for all liabilities properly payable and
retaining provision for the costs of winding up, arrange for the
Depositary to make one or more interim distributions out of the
proceeds to Shareholders proportionately to their rights to
participate in the scheme property of the Company or the Sub-
fund. When the ACD has caused all of the scheme property to be
realised and all of the liabilities of the Company or the Sub-fund to
be realised, the ACD shall arrange for the Depositary also to make
a final distribution to Shareholders as at (or prior to) the date on
which the final account is sent to Shareholders of any balance
remaining, if applicable, in proportion to their holdings in the
Company or the Sub-fund.
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34.6 On completion of a winding up of the Company, the Company will
be dissolved and any money which is legitimately the property of
the Company (including unclaimed distributions) and standing to
the account of the Company, will be paid into court within one
month of dissolution.
34.7 Following the completion of the winding up of the Company or the
Sub-fund, the ACD shall provide written confirmation to the Registrar
of Companies and shall notify the FCA that it has done so.
34.8 Following the completion of a winding up of either the Company
or a Sub-fund, the ACD must prepare a final account showing how
the winding up took place and how the scheme property was
distributed. The auditor of the Company shall make a report in
respect of the final account stating their opinion as to whether the
final account has been properly prepared. This final account and
the auditor’s report must be sent to the FCA, to each Shareholder
and, in the case of the winding up of the Company, to the
Registrar of Companies within two months of the termination of
the winding up.
34.9 As the Company is an umbrella company, any liabilities attributable
or allocated to a Sub-fund under the Regulations shall be met out
of the scheme property attributable or allocated to that Sub-fund.
34.10 Any assets and liabilities, expenses, costs and charges not
attributable to a particular Sub-fund may be allocated by the
Manager in a manner which it believes is fair to the Shareholders
generally. This will normally be pro-rata to the Net Asset Value of
the relevant Sub-funds.
34.11 Shareholders in a particular Sub-fund are not liable for the debts of
the Company or any Sub-fund in the Company. A Shareholder is not
liable to make any further payment to the Sub-Fund after he has
paid in full for the purchase of Shares.
35 General Information
35.1 Accounting Periods
The accounting period of the Company ends each year on 30 June
(the accounting reference date). The half-yearly accounting period
ends each year on 31 December.
35.2 Income Allocations
35.2.1 Allocations of income are made in respect of the income
available for allocation in each annual accounting period
and, for certain Sub-funds, each interim accounting period
(see Appendices 1 and 4).
35.2.2 Distributions of income for each Sub-fund are paid on or
before the annual income allocation date of 31 October
and where applicable on or before one or more of the
interim allocation dates of 31 January, 30 April and 31 July
in each year.
35.2.3 If a distribution remains unclaimed for a period of six years
after it has become due, it will be forfeited and will revert to
the Company.
35.2.4 The amount available for allocation in any accounting
period is calculated by taking the aggregate of the income
received or receivable for the account of the relevant Sub-
fund in respect of that period, and deducting the charges
and expenses of the relevant Sub-fund paid or payable out
of income in respect of that accounting period. The ACD
then makes such other adjustments as it considers
appropriate (and after consulting the auditor as
appropriate) in relation to taxation, income equalisation,
income unlikely to be received within 12 months following
the relevant income allocation date, income which should
not be accounted for on an accrual basis because of lack
of information as to how it accrues, transfers between the
income and capital account and any other adjustments
which the ACD considers appropriate after consulting the
auditor.
The amount initially deemed available in respect of any
one class of Share may be reduced if the income
attributed to another class of Share in the same Sub-fund
is less than the charges applicable to that class of Share.
35.2.5 Income from debt securities is recognised on an effective
yield basis. Effective yield is an income calculation that
takes account of amortisation of any discount or premium
on the purchase price of the debt security over the
remaining life of the security.
35.2.6 Distributions made to the first named joint Shareholder are
as effective a discharge to the Company and the ACD as if
the first named Shareholder had been a sole Shareholder.
35.2.7 Income produced by the Sub-fund’s investments
accumulates during each accounting period. If, at the end
of the accounting year, income exceeds expenses, the net
income of the Sub-fund is available to be distributed to
Shareholders. In order to conduct a controlled dividend
flow to Shareholders, interim distributions will be, at the
investment manager’s discretion, up to a maximum of the
distributable income available for the period. All remaining
income is distributed in accordance with the Regulations.
35.2.8 Where a Sub-fund does not issue Accumulation Shares, a
shareholder may choose to have the income reinvested to
purchase further shares of that Sub-fund. Where the
reinvestment of income has been permitted, the ACD will
waive any initial charge due on such re-investment. Re-
investment of allocations of income is made fourteen days
before the relevant income allocation date.
35.3 Annual Reports
35.3.1 Annual reports of the Company are published within four
months of each annual accounting period and half-yearly
reports are published within two months of each half-yearly
accounting period and are available to Shareholders on
request. Shareholders will receive copies of the annual and
half-yearly short reports on publication.
35.3.2 Investors who hold Euro, or Sterling where available,
Share Classes through M&G International Investments
Nominees Limited will receive copies of the annual and
half-yearly reports for the Company on publication.
35.3.3 The accounts of the Company presented within annual and
half-yearly aggregate reports will be in presented in its Base
Currency. The accounts of Sub-funds presented within
annual and half-yearly reports will be shown in the Valuation
Currency of that Sub-fund. The Valuation Currency of each
Sub-fund is listed in Appendices 1 and 4.
35.4 Documents of the Company
Investors in Euro Share Classes should refer also to
Appendix 4
35.4.1 The following documents may be inspected free of charge
between 9.00 am and 5.00 pm UK time every Dealing Day
at the offices of the ACD at Laurence Pountney Hill,
London EC4R 0HH:
35.4.1.1 the most recent annual and half-yearly
reports of the Company;
35.4.1.2 the Instrument of Incorporation (and any
amending instrument of incorporation).
35.4.1.3 Shareholders may obtain copies of the
above documents from the above
addresses. The ACD may make a charge at
its discretion for copies of certain
documents;
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35.5 Risk Management and Other Information
The following information is available from the ACD on request;
35.5.1 Information on the risk management methods used in
relation to the Sub-funds, the quantitative limits which apply
to that risk management and any developments in the risk
and yields of the main categories of investment.
35.5.2 Execution Policy
The Investment Manager’s execution policy sets out the
basis upon which the ACD will effect transactions and
place orders in relation to the Company whilst complying
with its obligations under the FCA Handbook to obtain the
best possible result for the ACD on behalf of the Company.
35.5.3 Exercise of voting rights
A description of the Investment Manager’s strategy for
determining how voting rights attached to ownership of
Scheme Property are to be exercised for the benefit of
each sub-Fund. Details of action taken in respect of the
exercise of voting rights are also available.
35.6 Management of collateral
In the context of OTC financial derivatives transactions and efficient portfolio
management techniques, each Sub-Fund may receive collateral with a view
to reduce its counterparty risk. This section sets out the collateral
management applied by the Sub-Funds in such cases.
35.6.1 Eligible collateral
Collateral received by the Sub-Funds may be used to
reduce their counterparty risk exposure if it complies with
the criteria set out in regulation notably in terms of liquidity,
valuation, issuer credit quality, correlation, risks linked to
the management of collateral and enforceability.
In particular, collateral should comply with the following
conditions:
35.6.1.1 Any collateral received other than cash
should be of high quality, highly liquid and
traded on a regulated market or multilateral
trading facility with transparent pricing in
order that it can be sold quickly at a price
that is close to pre-sale valuation;
35.6.1.2 It should be valued on at least a daily basis
and assets that exhibit high price volatility
should not be accepted as collateral unless
suitably conservative haircuts are in place;
35.6.1.3 It should be issued by an entity that is
independent from the counterparty and is
expected not to display a high correlation
with the performance of the counterparty;
35.6.1.4 It should be sufficiently diversified in terms
of country, markets and issuers with a
maximum exposure of 20% of the Sub-
Funds’ net asset value to any single issuer
on an aggregate basis, taking into account
all collateral received;
35.6.1.5 It should be capable of being fully enforced
by the Sub-Funds at any time without
reference to or approval from the
counterparty.
Subject to the abovementioned conditions, collateral received by the Sub-
Funds may consist of:
35.6.1.6 liquid assets such as cash and cash
equivalents, including short-term bank
certificates and Money Market Instruments;
35.6.1.7 bonds issued or guaranteed by a Member
State of the OECD or by their local public
authorities or by supranational institutions
and undertakings with EU, regional or
worldwide scope ;
35.6.1.8 shares or units issued by money market
Collective investment Schemes calculating
a daily NAV and being assigned a rating of
AAA or its equivalent ;
35.6.1.9 shares or units by UCITS investing mainly
in bonds/shares mentioned in (e) and (f)
below,
35.6.1.10 bonds issued or guaranteed by first class
issuers offering an adequate liquidity; and
35.6.1.11 shares admitted to or dealt in on a regulated
market of an EU Member State or on a
stock exchange of a member state of the
OECD, on the condition that these shares
are included in a main index.
A reinvestment of cash provided as
collateral may only be effected where in
compliance with the respective regulations.
35.6.2 Level of collateral
Each Sub-Fund will determine the required level of
collateral for OTC financial derivatives transactions and
efficient portfolio management techniques by reference to
the applicable counterparty risk limits and taking into
account the nature and characteristics of transactions, the
creditworthiness and identity of counterparties and
prevailing market conditions.
35.6.3 OTC financial derivative transactions
The Investment Manager will generally require the
counterparty to an OTC derivative to post collateral in
favour of the Sub-Fund representing, at any time during the
lifetime of the agreement, up to 100% of the Sub-Fund’s
exposure under the transaction.
35.6.4 Haircut policy
Collateral acceptability and haircuts will depend on a
number of factors including the asset pool available to the
Sub-Fund for posting as well as the asset types acceptable
to the Sub-Fund when receiving collateral, but will as a rule
be of high quality, liquid and not display significant
correlation with the counterparty under normal market
conditions.
The taking of collateral is intended as a hedge against
default risk, with haircuts seen as hedging the risk on that
collateral. From this point of view, haircuts are an
adjustment to the quoted market value of a collateral
security to take account of the unexpected loss that may
be faced due to the difficulty in realising that security in
response to a default by the counterparty. By applying a
haircut, the quoted market value of a collateral security is
translated into a probable future liquidation or restoration
value.
To this end therefore the haircuts that are applied are the
result of a view of the credit and liquidity risk of the
collateral and will become more “aggressive” depending on
the asset type and maturity profile.
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As at the date of this Prospectus, the Investment Manager typically
accepts the following collateral types and applies the
following haircuts in relation thereto:
Collateral type Typical haircut
Cash 0%
Government Bonds 1% to 20%
Corporate Bonds 1% to 20%
The Investment Manager reserves the right to depart from
the above haircut levels where it would be appropriate to do
so, taking into account the assets’ characteristics (such as
the credit standing of the issuers, the maturity, the currency
and the price volatility of the assets). Furthermore, the
Investment Manager reserves the right to accept collateral
types other than those disclosed above.
No haircut will generally be applied to cash collateral.
35.6.5 Reinvestment of collateral
Non-cash collateral received by the Fund on behalf of a
Sub-Fund cannot be sold, reinvested or pledged, except
where and to the extent permissible under regulations.
Cash collateral received by the Sub-Funds can only be:
35.6.5.1 placed on deposit with credit institutions
which have their registered office in an EU
Member State or, if their registered office is
located in a third-country, are subject to
prudential rules considered by the FCA as
equivalent to those laid down in EU law;
35.6.5.2 invested in high-quality government bonds;
35.6.5.3 used for the purpose of reverse repo
transactions provided the transactions are
with credit institutions subject to prudential
supervision and the relevant Sub-Fund is
able to recall at any time the full amount of
cash on accrued basis; and/or
35.6.5.4 invested in short-term money market funds
as defined in the ESMA Guidelines on a
common definition of European Money
Market Funds.
Any reinvestment of cash collateral should
be sufficiently diversified in terms of
country, markets and issuers with a
maximum exposure, on an aggregate
basis, of 20% of the Sub-Fund’s Net Asset
Value to any single issuer. The Sub-Fund
may incur a loss in reinvesting the cash
collateral it receives. Such a loss may arise
due to a decline in the value of the
investment made with cash collateral
received. A decline in the value of such
investment of the cash collateral would
reduce the amount of collateral available to
be returned by the Sub-Fund to the
counterparty at the conclusion of the
transaction. The Sub-Fund would be
required to cover the difference in value
between the collateral originally received
and the amount available to be returned to
the counterparty, thereby resulting in a loss
to the Sub-Fund.
35.7 Notices
Notices to Shareholders will normally be given in writing to the
Shareholder’s registered address (or, at the discretion of the ACD,
such other address which we may hold for the purposes of
correspondence).
36 Complaints
If you wish to complain about any aspect of the service you have
received or to request a copy of M&G’s complaints handling
procedures, please contact M&G Customer Relations, PO Box
9039, Chelmsford CM99 2XG. If your complaint is not dealt with to
your satisfaction, you can then complain to: The Financial
Ombudsman Service (FOS), Exchange Tower, London, E14 9SR.
37 Tax Reporting
37.1 In order to fulfill our legal obligations, we are required to obtain
confirmation of the tax residency of Shareholders, and may ask for
evidence of the tax identification number, and country and date of
birth of individual Shareholders, or for the Global Intermediary
Identification Number (GIIN) of corporate Shareholders. If certain
conditions apply, information about your shareholding may be
passed to HM Revenue & Customs in order to be passed on to
other tax authorities. For the purposes of the European Savings
Directive such information will be passed to HM Revenue &
Customs where you sell Shares in the Sub-fund where it has
invested more than 25% of its assets directly or indirectly in money
debts, or where distributions are paid out by the Sub-fund which has
invested more than 15% of its assets in money debts.
37.2 Where investors hold Shares through M&G International
Investments Nominees Limited, similar details to those mentioned
above will be requested. Until 2015, you will be given options
relating to withholding tax or disclosure of information to the
Luxembourg tax authorities where applicable. Further information
will be made available to you when you apply for Shares.
38 Marketing outside the UK
38.1 The Company’s Shares are marketed outside the UK. Paying
agents in countries other than the UK where Shares are registered
for retail sale may charge investors for their services.
38.2 The Shares in the Sub-funds have not been and will not be
registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, or registered or qualified under the securities laws of any
state of the United States and may not be offered, sold, transferred
or delivered, directly or indirectly, to any investors within the United
States or to, or for the account of, US Persons except in certain
limited circumstances pursuant to a transaction exempt from such
registration or qualification requirements. None of the Shares have
been approved or disapproved by the US Securities and Exchange
Commission, any state securities commission in the United States
or any other US regulatory authority, nor have any of the foregoing
authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of
the Shares or the accuracy or adequacy of the prospectus. The
Sub-funds will not be registered under the United States Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended.
39 Markets for the Sub-funds
The Sub-funds are marketable to all retail investors.
40 Genuine diversity of ownership
40.1 Shares in the Company are and will continue to be widely available.
The intended categories of investors are retail and institutional
investors.
40.2 Shares in the Company are and will continue to be marketed and
made available widely to reach the intended categories of investors
and in a manner appropriate to attract those categories of investors.
Prospectus
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General risks Risk warning
The investments of the Sub-fund are subject to normal market fluctuations and other risks inherent ininvesting in shares, bonds and other stock market related assets. There can be no assurance that anyappreciation in value of investments will occur or that the investment objective will actually be achieved.The value of investments and the income from them will fall as well as rise and investors may not recoupthe original amount they invested. Past performance is not a guide to future performance.
Risk to capital & Income will vary ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Whilst the Investment Manager will place transactions, hold positions (including OTC derivatives) anddeposit cash with a range of counterparties, there is a risk that a counterparty may default on itsobligations or become insolvent, which may put the Sub-fund's capital at risk.
Counterparty Risk ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
The Sub-fund’s investments may be subject to liquidity constraints which mean that securities maytrade infrequently and in small volumes. Normally liquid securities may also be subject to periods ofsignificantly lower liquidity in difficult market conditions. As a result, changes in the value of investmentsmay be more unpredictable and in certain cases, it may be difficult to trade in a security at the lastmarket price quoted or at a value considered to be fair.
Liquidity Risk ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Investors are reminded that in exceptional circumstances their right to sell or redeem Shares may betemporarily suspended.
Suspension of dealing in shares ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
When cancellation rights are applicable and are exercised, the full amount invested may not be returnedif the price falls before we are informed of your intention to cancel.
Cancellation Risks ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
A change in the rate of inflation will affect the real value of your investment.Inflation ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
The tax regulations which M&G Sub-funds are subject to constantly change as a result of (i) technicaldevelopments – changes in law regulations; (ii) interpretative developments – changes in the way taxauthorities apply law and (iii) market practice – whilst tax law is in place, there may be difficultiesapplying the law in practice (e.g. due to operational constraints).
Any changes to the tax regimes applicable to M&G funds and investors in their country of residence ordomicile may impact negatively on the returns received by investors.
Tax developments ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
The current tax regime applicable to UK investors in collective investment schemes in their country ofresidence or domicle and the UK schemes themselves is not guaranteed and may be subject to change.Any changes may have a negative impact on returns received by investors.
The M&G funds rely extensively on tax treaties to reduce domestic rates of withholding tax in countireswhere it invests. A risk exists that the tax authorities in countries with which the United Kingdom hasdouble tax treaties may, change their position on the applciation of the relevant tax treaty. As aconsequence, higher tax may be suffered on investments (e.g. as a result of the imposition ofwithholding tax in that foreign jurisdiction). Accordingly, any such withholding tax may impinge uponthe returns to the Sub-fund and investors.
In specific treaties which contain ‘limitation of benefits’ provisions (e.g US), the tax treatment of theSub-fund may be affected by the tax profiles of investors in the fund as such treaties may require themajority of investors in the fund to be from the same jurisdicdtion. Failing to meet the limitation ofbenefits provision may result in increased withholding tax being suffered by the Sub-fund.
Taxation ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
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Derivatives Risk warning
Correlation risk is the risk of loss due to divergence between two rates or prices. This applies particularlywhere an underlying position is hedged through derivative contracts which are not the same as (butmay be similar to) the underlying position.
Derivatives - correlation (Basis risk) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Valuation risk is the risk of differing valuations of derivatives arising from different permitted valuationmethods. Many derivatives, in particular non-exchange traded (“OTC”) derivatives, are complex andoften valued subjectively and the valuation can only be provided by a limited number of marketprofessionals who are often also the counterparty to the transaction. As a result, the daily valuation maydiffer from the price that can actually be achieved when trading the position in the market.
Derivatives - Valuation ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Liquidity risk exists when a particular instrument is difficult to purchase or sell. Derivative transactionsthat are particularly large, or traded off market (i.e. over the counter), may be less liquid and thereforenot readily adjusted or closed out. Where it is possible to buy or sell, this may be at a price that differsfrom the price of the position as reflected in the valuation.
Derivatives - Liquidity ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Certain derivative types may require the establishment of a long term exposure to a single counterpartywhich increases the risk of counterparty default insolvency. While these positions are collateralised, thereis a residual risk between both the mark to market and the receipt of the corresponding collateral aswell as between the final settlement of the contract and the return of any collateral amount, this risk isreferred to as daylight risk. In certain circumstances, the physical collateral returned may differ from theoriginal collateral posted. This may impact the future returns of the Sub-fund.
Derivatives - Counterparty ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
The Sub-fund’s ability to settle derivative contracts on their maturity may be affected by the level ofliquidity in the underlying asset. In such circumstances, there is a risk of loss to the Sub-fund.
Derivatives - Delivery ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Derivative transactions are typically undertaken under separate legal arrangements. In the case of overthe counter (“OTC”) derivatives, a standard International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA)agreement is used to govern the trade between the sub-fund and the counterparty. The agreementcovers situations such as a default of either party and also the delivery and receipt of collateral.
As a result, there is a risk of loss to the Sub-Fund where liabilities in those agreements are challenged ina court of law.
It is not intended nor anticipated that the use of these derivative instruments will have a materialimpact on the risk profile or volatility of the Sub-fund. Extreme market events, counterparty default orinsolvency may, however, result in loss to the Sub-fund.
Legal risk ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
The Sub-fund undertakes transactions in derivatives and forward transactions, both on exchange andover the counter (OTC), for the purposes of meeting the investment objective, protecting the risk tocapital, currency, duration and credit management, as well as for hedging.
The Risk Management Process document sets out the approved derivative strategies.
Derivatives (sophisticated funds) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
The Sub-fund may enter into derivative transactions for the purposes of efficient portfolio management(‘EPM’), including hedging transactions and temporary short term tactical asset allocation,. e.g. for thepurposes of preserving the value of an asset or assets of the Sub-fund and for liquidity managementpurposes (i.e. to enable the Sub-fund to be adequately invested). The Risk Management Processdocument sets outthe approved strategies.
Derivatives EPM only ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Derivatives - Volatility (i)
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Derivatives Risk warning
Derivatives may be used to generate market exposure to investment exceeding the net asset value ofthe Sub-fund. It is anticipated that the use of these derivative instruments will not have a materialimpact on the risk profile or volatility of the Sub-fund as measured against equivalent bond funds whereinvestment in derivatives is not permitted.
Derivatives - Volatility (ii) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Derivatives may be used in a limited way to generate credit exposure to investments exceeding the netasset value of the Sub-fund, thereby exposing the Sub-fund to a higher degree of risk. As a result ofincreased market exposure, the size of any positive or negative movement in markets will have arelatively larger effect on the net asset value of the Sub-fund. The additional credit exposure willhowever be limited to such an extent as to not materially increase the overall volatility of the net assetvalue.
Limited Credit leverage ✓
The Sub-fund may take short positions through the use of derivatives which are not backed byequivalent physical assets. Short positions reflect an investment view that the price of the underlyingasset is expected to fall in value. Accordingly, if this view is incorrect and the asset rises in value, theshort position could involve losses of the Sub-fund's capital due to the theoretical possibility of anunlimited rise in their market price. However, shorting strategies are actively managed by theInvestment Manager such that the extent of the losses will be limited.
Short Sales ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Funds which use currency management strategies may have substantially altered exposures to currencyexchange rates. Should these currencies not perform as the Investment Manager expects, the strategymay have a material negative effect on performance.
Currency Strategies ✓ ✓
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Fund specific Risk warning
Securities markets in emerging market countries are generally not as large as those in more developedeconomies and have substantially less dealing volume which can result in lack of liquidity.
Accordingly, where a Sub-Fund invests substantially in securities listed or traded in such markets, its netasset value may be more volatile than a fund that invests in the securities of companies in developedcountries.
Substantial limitations may exist in certain countries with respect to repatriation of investment incomeor capital or the proceeds of sale of securities by to foreign investors or by restriction on investment, allof which could adversely affect the Sub-Fund.
Many emerging markets do not have well developed regulatory systems and disclosure standards. Inaddition, accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards, and other regulatory practices anddisclosure requirements (in terms of the nature, quality and timeliness of information disclosed toinvestors) applicable to companies in emerging markets are often less rigorous than in developedmarkets. Accordingly, investment opportunities may be more difficult to properly assess.
Adverse market and political conditions arising in a specific emerging market country may spread toother countries within the region.
Political risks and adverse economic circumstances (including the risk of expropriation andnationalisation) are more likely to arise in these markets, and could spread to other emerging marketsin the region, putting the value of the investment at risk.
Emerging Markets ✓ ✓
Sub-funds investing in specific countries, regions, sectors and asset classes may be more volatile andcarry a higher risk to capital than funds investing in a broader investment universe. This is because theformer are more vulnerable to market sentiment specific to the country region/sector/asset class inwhich they invest compared with the latter which may be invested across several regions, sectors andasset classes.
Funds investing in a specificcountries, regions, sectors andassets classes
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Currency exchange rate fluctuations will impact the value of a Sub-Fund which holds currencies or assetsdenominated in currencies that differ from the valuation currency of the Sub-fund.
Currency & exchange rate risk ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Currency exchange rate fluctuations will impact the value of a unhedged share classes where thecurreny of the share class differs from that of the valuation currency of the Sub-fund.
Currency risk on unhedged shareclasses
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Although the Investment Manager seeks to provide a growing income over the long term there is a riskthat this will not be achieved.
Growing income not guaranteed ✓
Interest rate fluctuations will affect the capital and income value of investments within Sub-funds thatinvest substantially in fixed income investments. This effect will be more apparent if the Sub-fund holdsa significant proportion of its portfolio in long dated securities.
Interest rate risk ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
The value of the Sub-fund will fall in the event of the default or perceived increased credit risk of anissuer. This is because the capital and income value and liquidity of the investment is likely to decrease.AAA rated government and corporate bonds have a relatively low risk of default compared to non-investment grade bonds. However, the ratings are subject to change and they may be downgraded. Thelower the rating the higher the risk of default.
Credit Risk ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
The costs of using derivatives to implement a short position within a Sub-fund, for example shortpositions in currency or Government bonds, may result in a zero or negative yield on the portfolio. Insuch circumstances the Sub-fund may not make any distributions and any shortfall will be met fromcapital.
Zero or Negative yield ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
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Fund specific Risk warning
The Investment Manager will undertake hedging transactions to reduce the effect of exchange ratefluctuations between the currency of the hedge share classes and the US Dollar.
✓
The Investment Manager will undertake hedging transactions to reduce the effect of exchange ratefluctuations between the currency of the hedge share classes and the Euro.
✓ ✓
There is a risk that one or more countries will exit the Euro and re-establish their own currencies. In lightof this uncertainty or in the event that this does occur, there is an increased risk of volatility in assetvalues, liquidity and default risk. In addition, there is a risk that disruption in Eurozone markets couldgive rise to difficulties in valuing the assets of the Sub-fund. In the event that it is not possible to carryout an accurate valuation of the Sub-fund, dealing may be temporarily suspended.
Eurozone ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
The Sub-fund invests/or can invest in securities denominated in Euros. Economic uncertainties facing theEurozone mean that there is an increased risk of volatility in asset values, liquidity and default risk. Inaddition, there is a risk that disruption in Eurozone markets could give rise to difficulties in valuing theassets of the Fund. In the event that it is not possible to carry out an accurate valuation of the Fund,dealing may be temporarily suspended.
Exposure to Euro ✓
Shareholders are not liable for the debts of the Sub-fund. A Shareholder is not liable to make any furtherpayment to the Sub-fund after he has paid in full for the purchase of Shares.
Liabilities of the Fund ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
On occasions, the Investment Manager may make an investment with a view to securing a particulardividend to enhance distributable income. This can act as a constraint on short-term capitalperformance.
Sub-funds buying Dividends ✓
Active equity funds managed with an unconstrained approach will typically have a smaller number ofholdings than funds more closely aligned with the benchmark index. When funds are concentrated in asmall number of holdings the funds' returns may be more volatile and/or influenced materially by asmall number of large holdings.
Concentrated portfolios ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Gains or losses arising from currency hedging transactions are borne by the Shareholders of therespective hedged Share Classes. Given that there is no segregation of liabilities between Share Classes,there is a risk that, under certain circumstances, the settlement of currency hedging transactions or therequirement for collateral (if such activity is collateralised) in relation to one Share Class could have anadverse impact on the net asset value of the other Share Classes in issue.
Hedged Share classes - nosegregation of liabilities betweenshare classes in a fund
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
The Investment Manager will undertake transactions specifically to reduce the exposure of holders ofhedged Share Classes to movements in the material currencies within a fund’s portfolio (look through)or to movements in the reference currency, base or valuation currency of the Sub-fund (replication). Thehedging strategy employed will not completely eliminate the exposure of the hedged Share Classes tocurrency movements and no assurance can be given that the hedging objective will be achieved.Investors should be aware that the hedging strategy may substantially limit Shareholders of therelevant hedged Share Class from benefiting if the hedged Share Class currency falls against thereference currency. Notwithstanding the hedging of the Share Classes described above, Shareholders inthose Share Classes may still be exposed to an element of currency exchange rate risk.
During periods when interest rates across currency areas are very similar, the interest rate differential(IRD) is very small, the impact on hedged share class returns is low. However, in an environment whereinterest rates are significantly different between the Sub-fund’s exposure currency and the hedgedshare class currency, the IRD will be higher and the performance difference will be greater.
Hedged share class implications forspecific share class ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
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Fund specific Risk warning
Shareholders using the Regular Redemption Facility should note that such redemptions are treated asdisposals for the purposes of Capital Gains Tax. Shareholders should also note that where the annualpercentage growth in value of their holding is less than the annual percentage value being redeemedusing the Regular Redemption Facility, they will in effect be eroding the capital value of their originalinvestment.
Regular Redemption Facility ✓
The Sub-fund's charges and expenses are taken from capital, in whole or in part, and as a result thecapital growth will be constrained.
Charges to Capital ✓
Cash or money market instruments held in the sub funds are subject to the prevailing interest rates inthe specific currency of the asset. There may be situations where the interest rate environment resultsin rates turning negative. In such situations the sub fund may have to pay to have money on deposit orhold the money market instrument.
Negative interest rates ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Whilst the Instrument of Incorporation provides for segregated liability between the Sub-funds, theconcept of segregated liability may not be recognised and given effect by a court in certain contextsincluding where relevant contractual documents involving the Sub-funds are not construed in a mannerto provide segregated liability. Where claims are brought by local creditors in foreign courts or underforeign contracts, and the liability relates to one Sub-fund which is unable to discharge its liability, it isnot clear whether a foreign court would give effect to the segregated liability contained in theInstrument of Incorporation. Therefore, it is not possible to be certain that the assets of a Sub-fund willalways be completely insulated from the liabilities of another Sub-fund of the Company in everycircumstance.
Protected cell - Foreign courts ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
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1.1 M&G Corporate Bond Fund.
Investment Objective
The Fund aims to achieve a higher total return (the combination of income
and growth of capital) from investment than would be obtainable in UK
government fixed interest securities (ie gilts) of similar maturities.
Investment Policy
The Fund invests mainly in sterling denominated corporate debt instruments.
The Fund’s exposure to corporate debt may be gained through the use of
derivatives. Any currency exposures within the Fund may be managed by
currency hedges into sterling. The Fund may also invest in other assets
including collective investment schemes, other transferable securities and
other debt instruments (including corporate debt and government and public
securities denominated in any currency), cash and near cash, deposits,
warrants, money market instruments and other derivative instruments.
Accounting reference date: 30 June
Income allocation date: On or before 31 October (Final); 31 January(Interim); 30 April (Interim); 31 July (Interim)
Share classes/types in issue or availablefor issue*: Sterling Class A – Net Accumulation & Net
Income
Sterling Class X – Net Accumulation and NetIncome
Sterling Class R – Net Accumulation and NetIncome
Sterling Class I – Net Accumulation and NetIncome
Sterling Class C – Net Accumulation and NetIncome
Investment minima
Lump sum initial investment Class A: £500
Class X: £500
Class R: £500
Class I: £500,000
Class C: £500,000
Lump sum subsequent investment Class A: £100
Class X: £100
Class R: £100
Class I: £10,000
Class C: £25,000
Lump sum holding Class A: £500
Class X: £500
Class R: £500
Class I: £500,000
Class C: £500,000
Regular saving (per month) Class A: £10
Class X: £10
Class R: £10
Class I: n/a
Class C: n/a
Redemption Class A: £100
Class X: £100
Class R: £100
Class I: £10,000
Class C: £25,000
Charges and Expenses
Initial charge Class A: 3%
Class X: nil
Class R: 1%
Class I: 1%
Class C: -
Redemption charge Class A: n/a
Class X: 4.5%#
Class R: n/a
Class I: n/a
Class C: n/a
Annual Management Charge Class A: 1%
Class X: 1.25%
Class R: 0.75%
Class I: 0.5%
Class C: -
Administration Charge Class A: 0.15%
Class X: 0.15%
Class R: 0.15%
Class I: 0.15%
Class C: 0.15%
Depositary Charge See section 29.4
Custody Charge See section 29.5
Custody Transaction Charges See section 29.6
Please note the above Charges and Expenses section is a summary and
does not set out all charges and expenses payable by the Sub-funds. For
further detail and an explanation of the terms used, please see section 29
above.
Allocation of Charges
Annual Management Charge 100% to Income
Administration Charge 100% to Income
Share Class Hedging Charge N/A
Depositary’s Charge 100% to Income
Annual Custody Charge 100% to Income
Custody Transaction Charges 100% to Capital
Expenses 100% to Income
Portfolio Transaction Charges 100% to Capital
Investor Profile
The fund is suitable for retail and institutional investors seeking to gain a
combination of income and growth of capital from a portfolio of mainly
sterling denominated corporate debt instruments over the long term, but who
appreciate that their capital will be at risk and that the value of their
investment and any derived income may fall as well as rise.
Investment Manager: M&G Investment Management Limited
Valuation point: 12.00 noon UK time
Launch date: 7 March 2002
Valuation Currency: Sterling
* Please see www.mandg.com/classesinissue for details of which share classes
are currently being issued.
# Please see paragraph 16.2 for details.
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1.2 M&G Dividend Fund.
Investment objective and policy
The Fund invests mainly in a range of UK equities with the aim of achieving
a steadily increasing income stream. The Fund will target a yield higher than
that of the FTSE All-Share Index. Subject to this, the aim will be to maximise
total return (the combination of income and growth of capital).
Accounting reference date: 30 June
Income allocation date: On or before 31 October (Final); 30 April (Interim)
Share classes/types in issue or availablefor issue*: Sterling Class A – Net Accumulation and Net
Income
Sterling Class X – Net Accumulation and NetIncome
Sterling Class R – Net Accumulation and Netincome
Sterling Class I – Net Accumulation and NetIncome
Sterling Class C – Net Income
Investment minima
Lump sum initial investment Class A: £500
Class X: £500
Class R: £500
Class I: £500,000
Class C: £500,000
Lump sum subsequent investment Class A: £100
Class X: £100
Class R: £100
Class I: £10,000
Class C: £25,000
Lump sum holding Class A: £500
Class X: £500
Class R: £500
Class I: £500,000
Class C: £500,000
Regular saving (per month) Class A: £10
Class X: £10
Class R: £10
Class I: n/a
Class C: n/a
Redemption Class A: £100
Class X: £100
Class R: £100
Class I: £10,000
Class C: £25,000
Charges and Expenses
Initial charge Class A: 4%
Class X: nil
Class R: 1%
Class I: 1%
Class C: nil
Redemption charge Class A: n/a
Class X: 4.5%#
Class R: n/a
Class I: n/a
Class C: n/a
Annual Management Charge Class A: 1.5%
Class X: 1.5%
Class R: 1.0%
Class I: 0.75%
Class C: nil
Administration Charge Class A: 0.15%
Class X: 0.15%
Class R: 0.15%
Class I: 0.15%
Class C: 0.15%
Depositary Charge See section 29.4
Custody Charge See section 29.5
Custody Transaction Charges See section 29.6
Allocation of Charges
Annual Management Charge 100% to Capital
Administration Charge 100% to Capital
Share Class Hedging Charge N/A
Depositary’s Charge 100% to Capital
Annual Custody Charge 100% to Capital
Custody Transaction Charges 100% to Capital
Expenses 100% to Capital
Portfolio Transaction Charges 100% to Capital
Please note the above Charges and Expenses section is a summary and
does not set out all charges and expenses payable by the Sub-funds. For
further detail and an explanation of the terms used, please see section 29
above.
Investor Profile
The fund is suitable for retail and institutional investors seeking to gain a
steadily growing income stream from a portfolio of mainly UK equities over
the long term, but who appreciate that their capital will be at risk and that the
value of their investment and any derived income may fall as well as rise.
Investment Manager: M&G Investment Management Limited
Valuation point: 12.00 noon UK time
Launch date: 7 March 2002
Valuation Currency: Sterling
* Please see www.mandg.com/classesinissue for details of which share classes
are currently being issued.
# Please see paragraph 16.2 for details.
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1.3 M&G Emerging Markets Bond Fund.
Investment Objective
The Fund aims to maximise total return (the combination of income and
growth of capital)
Investment Policy
The Fund invests mainly in debt instruments issued by emerging market
borrowers, including government, government agency and corporate debt.
There are no restrictions on the currencies to which the Fund may be
exposed. Derivatives may be used for investment purposes as well as for
efficient portfolio management. The Fund may also invest in collective
investment schemes, other transferable securities (including other debt
instruments), cash and near cash, deposits, warrants and money market
instruments. M&G has the discretion to identify the countries that it considers
to qualify as emerging markets although these will typically be those that the
IMF or World Bank define as emerging or developing economies.
Accounting reference date: 30 June
Income allocation date: On or before 31 October (Final); 30 April (Interim)
Share classes/types in issue or availablefor issue*: Sterling Class A – Net Accumulation and Net
Income
Sterling Class A-H (hedged) – Net Accumulationand Net Income
Sterling Class X – Net Accumulation and NetIncome
Sterling Class R – Net Accumulation and NetIncome
Sterling Class R-H (hedged) – Net Accumulationand Net Income
Sterling Class I – Net Accumulation and NetIncome
Sterling Class I-H (hedged) – Net Accumulationand Net Income
Sterling Class C – Net Accumulation and NetIncome
Investment minima
Lump sum initial investment Class A: £500
Class A-H: £500
Class X: £500
Class R: 500
Class R-H: £500
Class I: £500,000
Class I-H: £500,000
Class C: £500,000
Lump sum subsequent investment Class A: £100
Class A-H: £100
Class X: £100
Class R: £100
Class R-H: £100
Class I: £10,000
Class I-H: £10,000
Class C: £25,000
Lump sum holding Class A: £500
Class A-H: £500
Class X: £500
Class R: £500
Class R-H: £500
Class I: £500,000
Class I-H: £500,000
Class C: £500,000
Regular saving (per month) Class A: £10
Class A-H: £10
Class X: £10
Class R: £10
Class R-H: £10
Class I: n/a
Class I-H: n/a
Class C: n/a
Redemption Class A: £100
Class A-H: £100
Class X: £100
Class R: £100
Class R-H: £100
Class I: £10,000
Class I-H: £10,000
Class C: £25,000
Charges and Expenses
Initial charge Class A: 3%
Class A-H: 3%
Class X: nil
Class R: 1%
Class R-H: 1%
Class I: 1%
Class I-H: 1%
Class C: -
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Redemption charge Class A: n/a
Class A-H: n/a
Class X: 4.5%#
Class R: n/a
Class R-H: n/a
Class I: n/a
Class I-H: n/a
Class C: n/a
Annual Management Charge Class A: 1.25%
Class A-H: 1.25%
Class X: 1.25%
Class R: 1.00%
Class R-H: 1.00%
Class I: 0.75%
Class A-H: 0.75%
Class C: -
Administration Charge Class A: 0.15%
Class A-H: 0.15%
Class X: 0.15%
Class R: 0.15%
Class R-H: 0.15%
Class I: 0.15%
Class A-H: 0.15%
Class C: 0.15%
Depositary Charge See section 29.4
Custody Charge See section 29.5
Custody Transaction Charges See section 29.6
ACD’s share class hedging fee Class A-H: 0.01% to 0.055%
Class R-H: 0.01% to 0.055%
Class I-H: 0.01% to 0.055%
Allocation of Charges
Annual Management Charge 100% to Income
Administration Charge 100% to Income
Share Class Hedging Charge N/A
Depositary’s Charge 100% to Income
Annual Custody Charge 100% to Income
Custody Transaction Charges 100% to Capital
Expenses 100% to Income
Portfolio Transaction Charges 100% to Capital
Please note the above Charges and Expenses section is a summary and
does not set out all charges and expenses payable by the Sub-funds. For
further detail and an explanation of the terms used, please see section 29
above.
Investor Profile
The fund is suitable for retail and institutional investors seeking to gain a
combination of income and growth of capital from a portfolio of mainly debt
instruments issued by emerging market borrowers over the long term, but
who appreciate that their capital will be at risk and that the value of their
investment and any derived income may fall as well as rise.
Investment Manager: M&G Investment Management Limited
Valuation point: 12.00 noon UK time
Launch date: 7 March 2002
Valuation Currency: Sterling
* Please see www.mandg.com/classesinissue for details of which share classes
are currently being issued.
# Please see paragraph 16.2 for details.
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1.4 M&G European Corporate Bond Fund.
Investment Objective
The Fund aims to maximise total return (the combination of income and
growth of capital) while generating a higher level of income than that from
European government bonds of similar maturities.
Investment Policy
The Fund invests mainly in investment grade corporate bonds denominated
in any European currency. The Fund may also invest in high yield corporate
bonds, government and public securities denominated in any European
currency. The Fund’s exposure to bonds, government and other public
securities may be gained through the use of derivatives. The Fund may also
invest in other assets, including collective investment schemes, other
transferable securities, cash and near cash, deposits, warrants, money
market instruments and other derivative instruments which may be
denominated in any major global currency. Any non-European currency
exposures within the Fund may be managed by currency hedges in
European currencies.
Accounting reference date: 30 June
Income allocation date: On or before 31 October (Final); 31 January(Interim); 30 April (Interim); 31 July (Interim)
Share classes/types in issue or availablefor issue*: Sterling Class A – Net Accumulation and Net
Income
Sterling Class A-H (hedged) – Net Accumulationand Net Income
Sterling Class X – Net Accumulation and NetIncome
Sterling Class R – Net Accumulation and NetIncome
Sterling Class R-H (hedged) – Net Accumulationand Net Income
Sterling Class I – Net Accumulation and NetIncome
Sterling Class I-H (hedged) – Net Accumulationand Net Income
Sterling Class C – Net Accumulation and NetIncome
Investment minima
Lump sum initial investment Class A: £500
Class A-H: £500
Class X: £500
Class R: £500
Class R-H: £500
Class I: £500,000
Class I-H: £500,000
Class C: £500,000
Lump sum subsequent investment Class A: £100
Class A-H: £100
Class X: £100
Class R: £100
Class R-H: £100
Class I: £10,000
Class I-H: £10,000
Class C: £25,000
Lump sum holding Class A: £500
Class A-H: £500
Class X: £500
Class R: £500
Class R-H: £500
Class I: £500,000
Class I-H: £500,000
Class C: £500,000
Regular saving (per month) Class A: £10
Class A-H: £10
Class X: £10
Class R: £10
Class R-H: £10
Class I: n/a
Class I-H: n/a
Class C: n/a
Redemption Class A: £100
Class A-H: £100
Class X: £100
Class R: £100
Class R-H: £100
Class I: £10,000
Class I-H: £10,000
Class C: £25,000
Charges and Expenses
Initial charge Class A: 3%
Class A-H: 3%
Class X: nil
Class R: 1%
Class R-H: 1%
Class I: 1%
Class I-H: 1%
Class C: -
Redemption charge Class A: n/a
Class A-H: n/a
Class X: 4.5%#
Class R: n/a
Class R-H: n/a
Class I: n/a
Class I-H: n/a
Class C: n/a
Annual Management charge Class A: 1%
Class A-H: 1%
Class X: 1.25%
Class R: 0.75%
Class R-H: 0.75%
Class I: 0.5%
Class I-H: 0.5%
Class C:
Administration charge Class A: 0.15%
Class A-H: 0.15%
Class X: 0.15%
Class R: 0.15%
Class R-H: 0.15 %
Class I: 0.15 %
Class I-H: 0.15%
Class C: 0.15%
Depositary charge See section 29.4
Custody charge See section 29.5
Custody Transaction charges See section 29.6
ACD’s share class hedging fee Class A-H: 0.01% to 0.055%
Class R-H: 0.01% to 0.055%
Class I-H: 0.01% to 0.055%
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Allocation of Charges
Annual Management Charge 100% to Income
Administration Charge 100% to Income
Share Class Hedging Charge N/A
Depositary’s Charge 100% to Income
Annual Custody Charge 100% to Income
Custody Transaction Charges 100% to Capital
Expenses 100% to Income
Portfolio Transaction Charges 100% to Capital
Please note the above Charges and Expenses section is a summary and
does not set out all charges and expenses payable by the Sub-funds. For
further detail and an explanation of the terms used, please see section 29
above.
Investor Profile
The fund is suitable for retail and institutional investors seeking to gain a
combination of income and growth of capital from a portfolio of mainly
investment grade corporate bonds denominated in any European currency
over the long term, but who appreciate that their capital will be at risk and that
the value of their investment and any derived income may fall as well as rise.
Investment Manager: M&G Investment Management Limited
Valuation point: 12.00 noon UK time
Launch date: 13 January 2003
Valuation Currency: Sterling
* Please see www.mandg.com/classesinissue for details of which share classes
are currently being issued.
# Please see paragraph 16.2 for details.
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1.5 M&G European High Yield Bond Fund.
Investment Objective
The Fund aims to maximise total return (the combination of income and
growth of capital) while generating a high level of income.
Investment Policy
The Fund mainly invests in higher yielding debt instruments denominated in
any European currency and will normally be managed to give investors
exposure to European currencies. The Fund’s exposure to higher yielding
debt instruments may be gained through the use of derivatives. The Fund
may also invest in other assets including collective investment schemes,
government and public securities and other transferable securities, cash and
near cash, deposits, warrants, money market instruments and other
derivative instruments which may be denominated in any major global
currency. Any non-European currency exposures within the Fund may be
managed by currency hedges in European currencies.
Accounting reference date: 30 June
Income allocation date: On or before 31 October (Final); 31 January(Interim); 30 April (Interim); 31 July (Interim)
Share classes/types in issue or availablefor issue*: Sterling Class A – Net Accumulation and Net
Income
Sterling Class A-H (hedged) – Net Accumulationand Net Income
Sterling Class X – Net Accumulation and NetIncome
Sterling Class R – Net Accumulation and NetIncome
Sterling Class R-H (hedged) – Net Accumulationand Net Income
Sterling Class I – Net Accumulation and NetIncome
Sterling Class I-H (hedged) – Net Accumulationand Net Income
Sterling Class C – Net Accumulation and NetIncome
Investment minima
Lump sum initial investment Class A: £500
Class A-H: £500
Class X: £500
Class R: £500
Class R-H: £500
Class I: £500,000
Class I-H: £500,000
Class C: £500,000
Lump sum subsequent investment Class A: £100
Class A-H: £100
Class X: £100
Class R: £100
Class R-H: £100
Class I: £10,000
Class I-H: £10,000
Class C: £25,000
Lump sum holding Class A: £500
Class A-H: £500
Class X: £500
Class R: £500
Class R-H: £500
Class I: £500,000
Class I-H: £500,000
Class C: £500,000
Regular saving (per month) Class A: £10
Class A-H: £10
Class X: £10
Class R: £10
Class R-H: £10
Class I: n/a
Class I-H: n/a
Class C: n/a
Redemption Class A: £100
Class A-H: £100
Class X: £100
Class R: £100
Class R-H: £100
Class I: £10,000
Class I-H: £10,000
Class C: £25,000
Charges and Expenses
Initial charge Class A: 3%
Class A-H: 3%
Class X: nil
Class R: 1%
Class R-H: 1%
Class I: 1%
Class I-H: 1%
Class C: -
Redemption charge Class A: n/a
Class A-H: n/a
Class X: 4.5%#
Class R: n/a
Class R-H: n/a
Class I: n/a
Class I-H: n/a
Class C: n/a
Annual Management Charge Class A: 1.25%
Class A-H: 1.25%
Class X: 1.25%
Class R: 1.00%
Class R-H: 1.00%
Class I: 0.75%
Class I-H: 0.75%
Class C: -
Administration Charge Class A: 0.15%
Class A-H: 0.15%
Class X: 0.15%
Class R: 0.15%
Class R-H: 0.15%
Class I: 0.15%
Class I-H: 0.15%
Class C: 0.15%
Depositary Charge See section 29.4
Custody Charge See section 29.5
Custody Transaction Charges See section 29.6
ACD’s share class hedging fee Class A-H: 0.01% to 0.055%
Class R-H: 0.01% to 0.055%
Class I-H: 0.01% to 0.055%
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Allocation of Charges
Annual Management Charge 100% to Income
Administration Charge 100% to Income
Share Class Hedging Charge N/A
Depositary’s Charge 100% to Income
Annual Custody Charge 100% to Income
Custody Transaction Charges 100% to Capital
Expenses 100% to Income
Portfolio Transaction Charges 100% to Capital
Please note the above Charges and Expenses section is a summary and
does not set out all charges and expenses payable by the Sub-funds. For
further detail and an explanation of the terms used, please see section 29
above.
Investor Profile
The fund is suitable for retail and institutional investors seeking to gain a
combination of income and growth of capital whilst generating a high level of
income from a portfolio of mainly higher yielding debt instruments
denominated in any European currency over the long term, but who
appreciate that their capital will be at risk and that the value of their
investment and any derived income may fall as well as rise.
Investment Manager: M&G Investment Management Limited
Valuation point: 12.00 noon UK time
Launch date: 7 March 2002
Valuation Currency: Sterling
* Please see www.mandg.com/classesinissue for details of which share classes
are currently being issued.
# Please see paragraph 16.2 for details.
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1.6 M&G Fund of Investment Trust Shares.
Investment objective and policy
The portfolio is normally limited to shares of investment trust companies.
These shares provide a wide spread of investment in the UK and overseas
stock markets and are often available at substantial discounts in relation to
underlying asset values. Income is not a major factor, and the yield can be
expected to be slightly less than the average for investment trust companies.
Accounting reference date: 30 June
Income allocation date: On or before 31 October (Final); 30 April (Interim)
Share classes/types in issue or availablefor issue*: Sterling Class A – Net Accumulation and Net
Income
Sterling Class X – Net Accumulation and NetIncome
Sterling Class C – Net Accumulation and NetIncome
Investment minima
Lump sum initial investment Class A: £500
Class X: £500
Class C: £500,000
Lump sum subsequent investment Class A: £100
Class X: £100
Class C: £25,000
Lump sum holding Class A: £500
Class X: £500
Class C: £500,000
Regular saving (per month) Class A: £10
Class X: £10
Class C: n/a
Redemption Class A: £100
Class X: £100
Class C: £25,000
Charges and Expenses
Initial charge Class A: 4%
Class X: nil
Class C: -
Redemption charge Class A: n/a
Class X: 4.5%#
Class C: n/a
Annual Management Charge Class A: 1%
Class X: 1.5%
Class C: -
Administration Charge Class A: 0.15%
Class X: 0.15%
Class C: 0.15%
Depositary Charge See section 29.4
Custody Charge See section 29.5
Custody Transaction Charges See section 29.6
Allocation of Charges
Annual Management Charge 100% to Income
Administration Charge 100% to Income
Share Class Hedging Charge N/A
Depositary’s Charge 100% to Income
Annual Custody Charge 100% to Income
Custody Transaction Charges 100% to Capital
Expenses 100% to Income
Portfolio Transaction Charges 100% to Capital
Please note the above Charges and Expenses section is a summary and
does not set out all charges and expenses payable by the Sub-funds. For
further detail and an explanation of the terms used, please see section 29
above.
Investor Profile
The fund is suitable for retail and institutional investors seeking growth of
capital whilst from a portfolio of shares of investment trust companies over
the long term, but who appreciate that their capital will be at risk and that the
value of their investment and any derived income may fall as well as rise.
Investment Manager: M&G Investment Management Limited
Valuation point: 12.00 noon UK time
Launch date: 7 March 2002
Valuation Currency: Sterling
* Please see www.mandg.com/classesinissue for details of which share classes
are currently being issued.
# Please see paragraph 16.2 for details.
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1.7 M&G Global Government Bond Fund.
Investment Objective
The Fund aims to maximise total return (the combination of income and
growth of capital).
Investment Policy
The portfolio will mainly consist of investment grade government debt
securities, including government guaranteed debt securities, and will be
invested on a global basis. The Fund’s exposure to investment grade
government debt may be gained through the use of derivatives. The Fund
may also invest in other government and public securities, collective
investment schemes, other transferable securities, other debt instruments,
cash and near cash, deposits, warrants, money market instruments and
other derivative instruments. The Fund may use derivatives for Efficient
Portfolio Management purposes.
Accounting reference date: 30 June
Income allocation date: On or before 31 October (Final); 30 April (Interim)
Share classes/types in issue or availablefor issue*: Sterling Class A – Net Accumulation and Net
Income
Sterling Class R – Net Accumulation and NetIncome
Sterling Class I – Net Accumulation and NetIncome
Sterling Class C – Net Accumulation and NetIncome
Investment minima
Lump sum initial investment Class A: £500
Class R: £500
Class I: £500,000
Class C: £500,000
Lump sum subsequent investment Class A: £100
Class R: £100
Class I: £10,000
Class C: £25,000
Lump sum holding Class A: £500
Class R: £500
Class I: £500,000
Class C: £500,000
Regular saving (per month) Class A: £10
Class R: £10
Class I: n/a
Class C: n/a
Redemption Class A: £100
Class R: £100
Class I: £10,000
Class C: £25,000
Charges and Expenses
Initial charge Class A: nil
Class R: 1%
Class I: 1%
Class C: nil
Redemption charge Class A: n/a
Class R: n/a
Class I: n/a
Class C: n/a
Annual Management Charge Class A: 1%
Class R: 0.75%
Class I: 0.50%
Class C: -
Administration Charge Class A: 0.15%
Class R: 0.15%
Class I: 0.15%
Class C: 0.15%
Depositary Charge See section 29.4
Custody Charge See section 29.5
Custody Transaction Charges See section 29.6
Allocation of Charges
Annual Management Charge 100% to Income
Administration Charge 100% to Income
Share Class Hedging Charge N/A
Depositary’s Charge 100% to Income
Annual Custody Charge 100% to Income
Custody Transaction Charges 100% to Capital
Expenses 100% to Income
Portfolio Transaction Charges 100% to Capital
Please note the above Charges and Expenses section is a summary and
does not set out all charges and expenses payable by the Sub-funds. For
further detail and an explanation of the terms used, please see section 29
above.
Investor Profile
The fund is suitable for retail and institutional investors seeking to gain a
combination of income and growth of capital from a portfolio of mainly
investment grade government debt securities, including government
guaranteed debt securities, over the long term, but who appreciate that their
capital will be at risk and that the value of their investment and any derived
income may fall as well as rise.
Investment Manager: M&G Investment Management Limited
Valuation point: 12.00 noon UK time
Launch date: 7 March 2002
Valuation Currency: U.S. Dollar
* Please see www.mandg.com/classesinissue for details of which share classes
are currently being issued.
The Fund was created as a result of the conversion of the M&G International
Sovereign Bond Fund unit trust which had been launched on 4 October
1999. The last significant change to the Fund’s investment objective and/or
investment policy occurred on 1 July 2014, when it was also renamed.
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1.8 M&G Recovery Fund.
Investment objective and policy
The Fund predominantly invests in a diversified range of securities issued by
companies which are out of favour, in difficulty or whose future prospects are
not fully recognised by the market. The sole aim of the Fund is capital
growth. There is no particular income yield target.
Accounting reference date: 30 June
Income allocation date: On or before 31 October (Final); 30 April (Interim)
Share classes/types in issue or availablefor issue*: Sterling Class A – Net Accumulation and Net
Income
Sterling Class X – Net Accumulation and NetIncome
Sterling Class R – Net Accumulation and NetIncome
Sterling Class I – Net Accumulation and NetIncome
Sterling Class C – Net Accumulation and NetIncome
Investment minima
Lump sum initial investment Class A: £500
Class X: £500
Class R: £500
Class C: £500,000
Class I: £500,000
Lump sum subsequent investment Class A: £100
Class X: £100
Class R: £100
Class C: £25,000
Class I: £10,000
Lump sum holding Class A: £500
Class X: £500
Class R: £500
Class C: £500,000
Class I: £500,000
Regular saving (per month) Class A: £10
Class X: £10
Class R: £10
Class C: n/a
Class I: n/a
Redemption Class A: £100
Class X: £100
Class R: £100
Class C: £25,000
Class I: £10,000
Charges and Expenses
Initial charge Class A: 4%
Class X: nil
Class R: 1%
Class C: nil
Class I: 1%
Redemption charge Class A: n/a
Class X: 4.5%#
Class R: n/a
Class C: n/a
Class I: n/a
Annual Management Charge Class A: 1.5%
Class X: 1.5%
Class R: 1.0%
Class C: nil
Class I: 0.75%
Administration Charge Class A: 0.15%
Class X: 0.15%
Class R: 0.15%
Class C: 0.15%
Class I: 0.15%
Depositary Charge See section 29.4
Custody Charge See section 29.5
Custody Transaction Charges See section 29.6
Allocation of Charges
Annual Management Charge 100% to Income
Administration Charge 100% to Income
Share Class Hedging Charge N/A
Depositary’s Charge 100% to Income
Annual Custody Charge 100% to Income
Custody Transaction Charges 100% to Capital
Expenses 100% to Income
Portfolio Transaction Charges 100% to Capital
Please note the above Charges and Expenses section is a summary and
does not set out all charges and expenses payable by the Sub-funds. For
further detail and an explanation of the terms used, please see section 29
above.
Investor Profile
The fund is suitable for retail and institutional investors seeking to gain growth
of capital from a portfolio of diversified securities issued by companies which
are out of favour, in difficulty or whose future prospects are not fully
recognised by the market, over the long term, but who appreciate that their
capital will be at risk and that the value of their investment and any derived
income may fall as well as rise.
Investment Manager: M&G Investment Management Limited
Valuation point: 12.00 noon UK time
Launch date: 7 March 2002
Valuation Currency: Sterling
* Please see www.mandg.com/classesinissue for details of which share classes
are currently being issued.
# Please see paragraph 16.2 for details.
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1.9 M&G Smaller Companies Fund.
Investment objective and policy
The Fund invests in smaller companies, where good management can have
most impact on earnings. Investment in such shares can offer prospects of
above average capital growth. Income is not a major factor and the yield can
be expected to be less than that of the FTSE All-Share Index.
Accounting reference date: 30 June
Income allocation date: On or before 31 October (Final); 30 April (Interim)
Share classes/types in issue or availablefor issue*: Sterling Class A – Net Accumulation and Net
Income
Sterling Class X – Net Accumulation and NetIncome
Sterling Class R – Net Accumulation and NetIncome
Sterling Class I – Net Accumulation and NetIncome
Sterling Class C – Net Income
Investment minima
Lump sum initial investment Class A: £500
Class X: £500
Class R: £500
Class I: £500,000
Class C: £500,000
Lump sum subsequent investment Class A: £100
Class X: £100
Class R: £100
Class I: £10,000
Class C: £25,000
Lump sum holding Class A: £500
Class X: £500
Class R: £500
Class I: £500,000
Class C: £500,000
Regular saving (per month) Class A: £10
Class X: £10
Class R: £10
Class I: n/a
Class C: n/a
Redemption Class A: £100
Class X: £100
Class R: £100
Class I: £10,000
Class C: £25,000
Charges and Expenses
Initial charge Class A: 4%
Class X: nil
Class R: 1%
Class I: 1%
Class C: nil
Redemption charge Class A: n/a
Class X: 4.5%#
Class R: n/a
Class I: n/a
Class C: nil
Annual Management Charge Class A: 1.5%
Class X: 1.5%
Class R: 1.0%
Class I: 0.75%
Class C: nil
Administration Charge Class A: 0.15%
Class X: 0.15%
Class R: 0.15%
Class I: 0.15%
Class C: 0.15%
Depositary Charge See section 29.4
Custody Charge See section 29.5
Custody Transaction Charges See section 29.6
Allocation of Charges
Annual Management Charge 100% to Income
Administration Charge 100% to Income
Share Class Hedging Charge N/A
Depositary’s Charge 100% to Income
Annual Custody Charge 100% to Income
Custody Transaction Charges 100% to Capital
Expenses 100% to Income
Portfolio Transaction Charges 100% to Capital
Please note the above Charges and Expenses section is a summary and
does not set out all charges and expenses payable by the Sub-funds. For
further detail and an explanation of the terms used, please see section 29
above.
Investor Profile
The fund is suitable for retail and institutional investors seeking to gain growth
of capital from a portfolio of securities issued by smaller companies, over the
long term, but who appreciate that their capital will be at risk and that the
value of their investment and any derived income may fall as well as rise.
Investment Manager: M&G Investment Management Limited
Valuation point: 12.00 noon UK time
Launch date: 7 March 2002
Valuation Currency: Sterling
* Please see www.mandg.com/classesinissue for details of which share classes
are currently being issued.
# Please see paragraph 16.2 for details.
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1 The ACD’s investment policy may mean that at
times, where it is considered appropriate, the
property of each Sub-fund will not be fully
invested and that prudent levels of liquidity will
be maintained.
1.1 Treatment of obligations
Where the COLL Sourcebook allows a transaction to be entered
into or an investment to be retained only (for example, investment in
warrants and nil and partly paid securities and the general power to
accept or underwrite) if possible obligations arising out of the
investment transactions or out of the retention would not cause any
breach of any limits in COLL 5, it must be assumed that the
maximum possible liability of the Company under any other of
those rules has also to be provided for.
Where a rule in the COLL Sourcebook permits an investment
transaction to be entered into or an investment to be retained only
if that investment transaction, or the retention, or other similar
transactions, are covered:
1.1.1 it must be assumed that in applying any of those rules,
each Sub-fund must also simultaneously satisfy any other
obligation relating to cover; and
1.1.2 no element of cover must be used more than once.
1.2 UCITS schemes: permitted types of scheme property
The scheme property of a Sub-fund must, except where otherwise
provided by COLL 5, and subject to its investment objective and
policy, consist solely of any or all of:
1.2.1 transferable securities;
1.2.2 approved money-market instruments;
1.2.3 units in collective investment schemes;
1.2.4 derivatives and forward transactions;
1.2.5 deposits; and
1.2.6 movable and immovable property that is necessary for the
direct pursuit of the Company’s business; in accordance
with the rules in COLL 5.2.
1.3 Transferable Securities
1.3.1 A transferable security is an investment falling within article
76 (Shares etc), article 77 (Instruments creating or
acknowledging indebtedness), article 78 (Government and
public securities), article 79 (Instruments giving entitlement
to investments) and article 80 (Certificates representing
certain securities) of the Regulated Activities Order.
1.3.2 An investment is not a transferable security if the title to it
cannot be transferred, or can be transferred only with the
consent of a third party.
1.3.3 In applying paragraph 1.3.2 to an investment which is
issued by a body corporate, and which is an investment
falling within articles 76 (Shares, etc) or 77 (Instruments
creating or acknowledging indebtedness) of the Regulated
Activities Order, the need for any consent on the part of the
body corporate or any members or debenture holders of it
may be ignored.
1.3.4 An investment is not a transferable security unless the
liability of the holder of it to contribute to the debts of the
issuer is limited to any amount for the time being unpaid by
the holder of it in respect of the investment.
2 Investment in transferable securities
2.1 A Sub-fund may invest in a transferable security only to the extent
that the transferable security fulfils the following criteria:
2.1.1 the potential loss which the Sub-fund may incur with
respect to holding the transferable security is limited to the
amount paid for it;
2.1.2 its liquidity does not compromise the ability of the ACD to
comply with its obligation to redeem units at the request of
any qualifying Shareholder (see COLL 6.2.16R(3));
2.1.3 reliable valuation is available for it as follows:
2.1.3.1 in the case of a transferable security
admitted to or dealt in on an eligible market,
where there are accurate, reliable and
regular prices which are either market
prices or prices made available by valuation
systems independent from issuers;
2.1.3.2 in the case of a transferable security not
admitted to or dealt in on an eligible market,
where there is a valuation on a periodic
basis which is derived from information
from the issuer of the transferable security
or from competent investment research;
2.1.4 appropriate information is available for it as follows:
2.1.4.1 in the case of a transferable security
admitted to or dealt in on an eligible market,
where there is regular, accurate and
comprehensive information available to the
market on the transferable security or,
where relevant, on the portfolio of the
transferable security;
2.1.4.2 in the case of a transferable security not
admitted to or dealt in on an eligible market,
where there is regular and accurate
information available to the ACD on the
transferable security or, where relevant, on
the portfolio of the transferable security;
2.1.5 it is negotiable; and
2.1.6 its risks are adequately captured by the risk management
process of the ACD.
2.2 Unless there is information available to the ACD that would lead to
a different determination, a transferable security which is admitted
to or dealt in on an eligible market shall be presumed:
2.2.1 not to compromise the ability of the ACD to comply with its
obligation to redeem units at the request of any qualifying
Shareholder; and
2.2.2 to be negotiable.
2.3 Not more than 5% in value of a Sub-fund is to consist of warrants.
3 Closed end funds constituting transferable
securities
3.1 A unit in a closed end fund shall be taken to be a transferable
security for the purposes of investment by a Sub-fund, provided it
fulfils the criteria for transferable securities set out in paragraph 2,
and either:
3.1.1 where the closed end fund is constituted as an investment
company or a unit trust:
3.1.1.1 it is subject to corporate governance
mechanisms applied to companies; and
3.1.1.2 where another person carries out asset
management activity on its behalf, that
person is subject to national regulation for
the purpose of investor protection; or
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3.1.2 where the closed end fund is constituted under the law of
contract:
3.1.2.1 it is subject to corporate governance
mechanisms equivalent to those applied to
companies; and
3.1.2.2 it is managed by a person who is subject to
national regulation for the purpose of
investor protection.
4 Transferable securities linked to other assets
4.1 A Sub-fund may invest in any other investment which shall be taken
to be a transferable security for the purposes of investment by a
Sub-fund provided the investment:
4.1.1 fulfils the criteria for transferable securities set out in
paragraph 2 above; and
4.1.2 is backed by or linked to the performance of other assets,
which may differ from those in which a Sub-fund can invest.
4.2 Where an investment in 4.1 contains an embedded derivative
component (see COLL 5.2.19R(3A)), the requirements of this
section with respect to derivatives and forwards will apply to that
component.
5 Approved Money Market Instruments
Only M&G Corporate Bond Fund, M&G Emerging Markets Bond
Fund, M&G European Corporate Bond Fund, M&G European High
Yield Bond Fund and M&G Global Government Bond Fund may
invest in money-market instruments.
5.1 An approved money-market instrument is a money-market
instrument which is normally dealt in on the money market, is liquid
and has a value which can be accurately determined at any time.
5.2 A money-market instrument shall be regarded as normally dealt in
on the money market if it:
5.2.1 has a maturity at issuance of up to and including 397 days;
5.2.2 has a residual maturity of up to and including 397 days;
5.2.3 undergoes regular yield adjustments in line with money
market conditions at least every 397 days; or
5.2.4 has a risk profile, including credit and interest rate risks,
corresponding to that of an instrument which has a
maturity as set out in 5.2.1 or 5.2.2 or is subject to yield
adjustments as set out in 5.2.3.
5.3 A money-market instrument shall be regarded as liquid if it can be
sold at limited cost in an adequately short time frame, taking into
account the obligation of the ACD to redeem units at the request of
any qualifying Shareholder (see COLL 6.2.16R(3)).
5.4 A money-market instrument shall be regarded as having a value
which can be accurately determined at any time if accurate and
reliable valuations systems, which fulfil the following criteria, are
available:
5.4.1 enabling the ACD to calculate a net asset value in
accordance with the value at which the instrument held in
the portfolio could be exchanged between knowledgeable
willing parties in an arm’s length transaction; and
5.4.2 based either on market data or on valuation models
including systems based on amortised costs.
5.5 A money-market instrument that is normally dealt in on the money
market and is admitted to or dealt in on an eligible market shall be
presumed to be liquid and have a value which can be accurately
determined at any time unless there is information available to the
ACD that would lead to a different determination.
6 Transferable securities and money market
instruments generally to be admitted or dealt in
on an Eligible Market
6.1 Transferable securities and approved money market instruments
held within a Sub-fund must be:
6.1.1 admitted to or dealt on an eligible market (as described in
paragraphs 7.3.1 or 7.4); or
6.1.2 dealt on an eligible market as described (in paragraph
7.3.2).
6.1.3 for an approved money market instrument not admitted to
or dealt in on an eligible market, within 8.1; or
6.1.4 recently issued transferable securities provided that:
6.1.4.1 the terms of issue include an undertaking
that application will be made to be admitted
to an eligible market; and
6.1.4.2 such admission is secured within a year of
issue.
6.2 However, a Sub-fund may invest no more than 10% of the scheme
property in transferable securities and approved money-market
instruments other than those referred to in 6.1
7 Eligible markets regime: purpose
7.1 To protect investors the markets on which investments of a Sub-
fund are dealt in or traded on should be of an adequate quality
(“eligible”) at the time of acquisition of the investment and until it is
sold.
7.2 Where a market ceases to be eligible, investments on that market
cease to be approved securities. The 10% restriction on investing in
non approved securities applies and exceeding this limit because a
market ceases to be eligible will generally be regarded as an
inadvertent breach.
7.3 A market is eligible for the purposes of the rules if it is:
7.3.1 a regulated market; or
7.3.2 a market in an EEA State which is regulated, operates
regularly and is open to the public; or
7.3.3 any market within 7.4
7.4 A market not falling within paragraph 7.3 is eligible for the purposes
of COLL 5 if:
7.4.1 the ACD, after consultation with and notification to the
Depositary, decides that market is appropriate for
investment of, or dealing in, the Scheme Property;
7.4.2 the market is included in a list in the Prospectus; and
7.4.3 the Depositary has taken reasonable care to determine
that:
adequate custody arrangements can be provided for the
investment dealt in on that market; and
all reasonable steps have been taken by the ACD in
deciding whether that market is eligible.
7.5 In paragraph 7.4.1, a market must not be considered appropriate
unless it is regulated, operates regularly, is recognised as a market
or exchange or as a self regulatory organisation by an overseas
regulator, is open to the public, is adequately liquid and has
adequate arrangements for unimpeded transmission of income and
capital to or for the order of investors.
7.6 The eligible markets in which a Sub-fund may invest are set out in
Appendix 3.
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8 Money-market instruments with a regulated
issuer
8.1 In addition to instruments admitted to or dealt in on an eligible
market, a sub-Fund may invest in an approved money-market
instrument provided it fulfils the following requirements:
8.1.1 the issue or the issuer is regulated for the purpose of
protecting investors and savings; and
8.1.2 the instrument is issued or guaranteed in accordance with
paragraph 9 below.
8.2 The issue or the issuer of a money-market instrument, other than
one dealt in on an eligible market, shall be regarded as regulated
for the purpose of protecting investors and savings if:
8.2.1 the instrument is an approved money-market instrument;
8.2.2 appropriate information is available for the instrument
(including information which allows an appropriate
assessment of the credit risks related to investment in it),
in accordance with paragraph 10 below; and
8.2.3 the instrument is freely transferable.
9 Issuers and guarantors of money-market
instruments
9.1 A Sub-fund may invest in an approved money-market instrument if
it is:
9.1.1 issued or guaranteed by any one of the following:
9.1.1.1 a central authority of an EEA State or, if the
EEA State is a federal state, one of the
members making up the federation;
9.1.1.2 a regional or local authority of an EEA
State;
9.1.1.3 the European Central Bank or a central
bank of an EEA State;
9.1.1.4 the European Union or the European
Investment Bank;
9.1.1.5 a non-EEA State or, in the case of a federal
state, one of the members making up the
federation;
9.1.1.6 a public international body to which one or
more EEA States belong; or
9.1.2 issued by a body, any securities of which are dealt in on an
eligible market; or
9.1.3 issued or guaranteed by an establishment which is:
9.1.3.1 subject to prudential supervision in
accordance with criteria defined by
Community law; or
9.1.3.2 subject to and complies with prudential
rules considered by the FCA to be at least
as stringent as those laid down by
Community law.
9.2 An establishment shall be considered to satisfy the requirement in
9.1.3.2 if it is subject to and complies with prudential rules, and
fulfils one or more of the following criteria:
9.2.1 it is located in the European Economic Area;
9.2.2 it is located in an OECD country belonging to the Group of
Ten;
9.2.3 it has at least investment grade rating;
9.2.4 on the basis of an in-depth analysis of the issuer, it can be
demonstrated that the prudential rules applicable to that
issuer are at least as stringent as those laid down by
Community law.
10 Appropriate information for money-market
instruments
10.1 In the case of an approved money-market instrument within 9.1.2
or issued by a body of the type referred to in 11 below; or which is
issued by an authority within 9.1.1.2 or a public international body
within 9.1.1.6 but is not guaranteed by a central authority within
9.1.1.1, the following information must be available:
10.1.1 information on both the issue or the issuance programme,
and the legal and financial situation of the issuer prior to
the issue of the instrument, verified by appropriately
qualified third parties not subject to instructions from the
issuer;
10.1.2 updates of that information on a regular basis and
whenever a significant event occurs; and
10.1.3 available and reliable statistics on the issue or the issuance
programme.
10.2 In the case of an approved money-market instrument issued or
guaranteed by an establishment within 9.1.3, the following
information must be available:
10.2.1 information on the issue or the issuance programme or on
the legal and financial situation of the issuer prior to the
issue of the instrument;
10.2.2 updates of that information on a regular basis and
whenever a significant event occurs; and
10.2.3 available and reliable statistics on the issue or the issuance
programme, or other data enabling an appropriate
assessment of the credit risks related to investment in
those instruments.
10.3 In the case of an approved money-market instrument:
10.3.1 within 9.1.1.1, 9.1.1.4 or 9.1.1.5; or
10.3.2 which is issued by an authority within 9.1.1.2 or a public
international body within 9.1.1.6 and is guaranteed by a
central authority within 9.1.1.1;
information must be available on the issue or the issuance
programme, or on the legal and financial situation of the
issuer prior to the issue of the instrument.
11 Spread: general
11.1 This paragraph 11 on spread does not apply to government and
public securities.
11.2 For the purposes of this requirement companies included in the
same group for the purposes of consolidated accounts as defined
in accordance with Directive 83/349/EEC or in the same group in
accordance with international accounting standards are regarded
as a single body.
11.3 Not more than 20% in value of the Scheme Property is to consist
of deposits with a single body.
11.4 Not more than 5% in value of the Scheme Property is to consist of
transferable securities or approved money-market instruments
issued by any single body.
11.5 The limit of 5% in paragraph 11.4 is raised to 10% in respect of up
to 40% in value of the Scheme Property. Covered bonds need not
be taken into account for the purpose of applying the limit of 40%..
The limit of 5% in 11.4 is raised to 25% in value of the Scheme
Property in respect of covered bonds, provided that when a Sub-
fund invests more than 5% in covered bonds issued by a single
body, the total value of covered bonds held must not exceed 80%
in value of the Scheme Property.
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11.6 In applying paragraphs 11.4 and 11.5 certificates representing
certain securities are treated as equivalent to the underlying
security.
11.7 The exposure to any one counterparty in an OTC
derivative transaction must not exceed 5% in value of the Scheme Property.
This limit is raised to 10% where the counterparty is an Approved Bank.
11.8 Not more than 20% in value of a Sub-fund is to consist of
transferable securities and approved money market instruments
issued by the same group (as referred to in paragraph 11.2).
11.9 Not more than 10% in value of a Sub-fund is to consist of the units
of any one collective investment scheme.
11.10 In applying the limits in paragraphs 11.3, 11.4, 11.5, 11.6 and 11.7
not more than 20% in value of the Scheme Property is to consist of
any combination of two or more of the following:
11.10.1 transferable securities (including covered bonds) or
approved money market instruments issued by; or
11.10.2 deposits made with; or
11.10.3 exposures from OTC derivatives transactions made with;
a single body.
11.11 For the purpose of calculating the limits in 11.7 and 11.10, the
exposure in respect of an OTC derivative may be reduced to the
extent that collateral is held in respect of it if the collateral meets
each of the conditions specified in 11.12.
11.12 The conditions referred to in 11.11 are that the collateral:
11.12.1 is marked-to-market on a daily basis and exceeds the
value of the amount at risk;
11.12.2 is exposed only to negligible risks (e.g. government bonds
of first credit rating or cash) and is liquid;
11.12.3 is held by a third party custodian not related to the provider
or is legally secured from the consequences of a failure of
a related party; and
11.12.4 can be fully enforced by a Sub-fund at any time.
11.13 For the purpose of calculating the limits in 11.7 and 11.10, OTC
derivative positions with the same counterparty may be netted
provided that the netting procedures:
11.13.1 comply with the conditions set out in Section 3 (Contractual
netting (Contracts for novation and other netting
agreements)) of Annex III to Directive 2000/12/EC; and
11.13.2 are based on legally binding agreements.
11.14 In applying this rule, all derivatives transactions are deemed to be
free of counterparty risk if they are performed on an exchange
where the clearing house meets each of the following conditions:
11.14.1 it is backed by an appropriate performance guarantee; and
11.14.2 it is characterised by a daily mark-to-market valuation of
the derivative positions and an at least daily margining.
12 Spread: Government and public securities
12.1 The above restrictions do not apply to government and public
securities (“such securities”). The restrictions in relation to such
securities are set out below.
12.2 Where no more than 35% in value of the Scheme Property is
invested in such securities issued by any one body, there is no limit
on the amount which may be invested in such securities or in any
one issue.
12.3 Subject to its investment objective and policy, a Sub-fund may invest
more than 35% in value of the Scheme Property in such securities
issued by any one body provided that:
12.3.1 the ACD has before any such investment is made
consulted with the Depositary and as a result considers
that the issuer of such securities is one which is
appropriate in accordance with the investment objectives of
a Sub-fund;
12.3.2 no more than 30% in value of the Scheme Property
consists of such securities of any one issue;
12.3.3 the Scheme Property includes such securities issued by
that or another issuer, of at least six different issues.
12.4 In relation to such securities:
12.4.1 issue, issued and issuer include guarantee, guaranteed
and guarantor; and
12.4.2 an issue differs from another if there is a difference as to
repayment date, rate of interest, guarantor or other
material terms of the issue.
12.5 Notwithstanding paragraph 11.1 above, and subject to paragraphs
12.2 and 12.3, in applying the 20% limit in 11.11 with respect to a
single body, government and public securities issued by that body
shall be taken into account.
12.6 In relation to M&G Corporate Bond Fund, M&G Emerging Markets
Bond Fund, M&G European High Yield Bond Fund, M&G Global
Government Bond Fund over 35% of the Scheme Property may be
invested in Government and other public securities issued by any
of:
12.6.1 the Government of the United Kingdom (including the
Scottish Administration, the Executive Committee of the
Northern Ireland Assembly and the National Assembly of
Wales);
12.6.2 the Governments of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus,
Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands,
Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Spain, Sweden, Brazil, China, Malaysia, Mexico, South
Africa, and Turkey;
12.6.3 the Government of Australia, Canada, Japan, New
Zealand, Switzerland, USA;
12.6.4 the African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank,
Eurofima, European Economic Community, European
Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European
Investment Bank, International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development, International Financial Corporation.
13 Investment in collective investment schemes
13.1 A Sub-fund may invest in units in a collective investment scheme
provided that the second scheme complies with the following
requirements:
13.1.1 it is a scheme which complies with the conditions
necessary for it to enjoy the rights conferred by the UCITS
Directive; or
13.1.2 is recognised under the provisions of section 270 of the
Act (Schemes authorised in designated countries or
territories); or
13.1.3 is authorised as a non-UCITS retail scheme (provided the
requirements of article 19(1)(e) of the UCITS Directive are
met); or
13.1.4 is authorised in another EEA State (provided the
requirements of article 19(1)(e) of the UCITS Directive are
met);
13.1.5 it is a scheme which complies where relevant with
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13.1.6 it is a scheme which has terms which prohibit more than
10% in value of the Scheme Property consisting of units in
collective investment schemes.
13.1.7 where it is an umbrella scheme, the provisions in
paragraphs 13.1.5 and 13.1.6 apply to a Sub-fund as if it
were a separate scheme.
13.2 Not more than 10% of the Scheme Property of a Sub-fund is to
consist of units in collective investment schemes.
13.3 For the purposes of paragraphs 13.1 and 13.2 a Sub-fund of an
umbrella scheme is to be treated as if it were a separate scheme.
A Sub-fund may invest in or dispose of shares in another Sub-fund
of the Company (the second Sub-fund) provided that the second
Sub-fund does not hold shares in any other Sub-fund in the
Company.
13.4 In accordance with COLL 5.2.15R a Sub-fund may invest up to 10%
of its Scheme property units in collective investment schemes
managed or operated by (or, if it is an open-ended investment
company has as its authorised corporate director), the ACD or an
Associate of the ACD.
13.5 A Sub-fund must not invest in or dispose of units in another
collective investment scheme (the second scheme), which is
managed or operated by (or in the case of an open-ended
investment company has as its authorised corporate director), the
ACD, or an Associate of the ACD, unless:
13.5.1 there is no charge in respect of the investment in or the
disposal of units in the second scheme; or
13.5.2 the ACD is under a duty to pay to a Sub-fund by the close
of business on the fourth business day next after the
agreement to buy or to sell the amount referred to in
paragraphs 13.5.3 and 13.5.4;
13.5.3 on investment, either:
any amount by which the consideration paid by a Sub-fund
for the units in the second scheme exceeds the price that
would have been paid for the benefit of the second scheme
had the units been newly issued or sold by it; or
if such price cannot be ascertained by the ACD, the
maximum amount of any charge permitted to be made by
the seller of units in the second scheme;
13.5.4 on disposal, the amount of any charge made for the
account of the ACD or operator of the second scheme or
an Associate of any of them in respect of the disposal; and
13.6 In paragraphs 13.5.1 to 13.5.4 above:
13.6.1 any addition to or deduction from the consideration paid on
the acquisition or disposal of units in the second scheme,
which is applied for the benefit of the second scheme and
is, or is like, a dilution levy or SDRT provision, is to be
treated as part of the price of the units and not as part of
any charge; and
13.6.2 any switching charge made in respect of an exchange of
units in one Sub-fund or separate part of the second
scheme for units in another Sub-fund or separate part of
that scheme is to be included as part of the consideration
paid for the units.
14 Investment in nil and partly paid securities
14.1 A transferable security or an approved money market instrument on
which any sum is unpaid falls within a power of investment only if it
is reasonably foreseeable that the amount of any existing and
potential call for any sum unpaid could be paid by the Company, at
the time when payment is required, without contravening the rules
in COLL 5.
15 Derivatives – General
15.1 All sub-funds may, in accordance with the COLL Sourcebook, use
derivatives for the purposes of Efficient Portfolio Management
(including hedging). In addition, the M&G Corporate Bond Fund,
M&G Emerging Markets Bond Fund, M&G European Corporate
Bond Fund, M&G European High Yield Bond Fund and M&G
Global Government Bond Fund may use derivatives for investment
purposes.
15.2 Under the COLL Sourcebook derivatives are permitted for Sub-
funds for investment purposes and derivative transactions may be
used for the purposes of hedging or meeting the investment
objectives or both.
15.3 A transaction in derivatives or a forward transaction must not be
effected for a Sub-fund unless the transaction is of a kind specified
in paragraph 16 below (Permitted transactions (derivatives and
forwards)); and the transaction is covered, as required by paragraph
28 (Cover for transactions in derivatives and forward transactions).
15.4 Where a Sub-fund invests in derivatives, the exposure to the
underlying assets must not exceed the limits set out in COLL in
relation to spread (COLL 5.2.13 R Spread : general and COLL
5.2.14 R Spread : government and public securities) except for
index based derivatives where the rules below apply.
15.5 Where a transferable security or approved money market
instrument embeds a derivative, this must be taken into account for
the purposes of complying with this section.
15.6 A transferable security or an approved money-market instrument
will embed a derivative if it contains a component which fulfils the
following criteria:
15.6.1 by virtue of that component some or all of the cash flows
that otherwise would be required by the transferable
security or approved money-market instrument which
functions as host contract can be modified according to a
specified interest rate, financial instrument price, foreign
exchange rate, index of prices or rates, credit rating or
credit index or other variable, and therefore vary in a way
similar to a stand-alone derivative;
15.6.2 its economic characteristics and risks are not closely
related to the economic characteristics and risks of the
host contract; and
15.6.3 it has a significant impact on the risk profile and pricing of
the transferable security or approved money-market
instrument.
15.6.4 A transferable security or an approved money-market
instrument does not embed a derivative where it contains
a component which is contractually transferable
independently of the transferable security or the approved
money-market instrument. That component shall be
deemed to be a separate instrument.
15.7 Where a scheme invests in an index based derivative, provided the
relevant index falls within paragraph 17 (Financial indices
underlying derivatives) the underlying constituents of the index do
not have to be taken into account for the purposes of the rules on
spread in COLL. The relaxation is subject to the ACD continuing to
ensure that the Scheme Property provides a prudent spread of risk.
Please refer to Section 41 above for a description of the risk factors
associated with investments in derivatives.
16 Permitted transactions (derivatives and
forwards)
16.1 A transaction in a derivative must be in an approved derivative; or
be one which complies with paragraph 20 (OTC transactions in
derivatives).
16.2 A transaction in a derivative must have the underlying consisting of
any or all of the following to which the scheme is dedicated:
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16.2.1 transferable securities permitted under paragraph 6
(Transferable securities and approved money market
instruments generally to be admitted or dealt in on an
Eligible Market);
16.2.2 approved money market instruments permitted under
paragraph 5 (approved money market instruments) above;
16.2.3 deposits permitted under paragraph 23 (investment in
deposits) below;
16.2.4 derivatives permitted under this rule;
16.2.5 collective investment scheme units permitted under
paragraph 13 (investment collective investment schemes)
above;
16.2.6 financial indices which satisfy the criteria set out at
paragraph 17 (financial indices underlying derivatives)
below;
16.2.7 interest rates;
16.2.8 foreign exchange rates; and
16.2.9 currencies.
16.3 A transaction in an approved derivative must be effected on or
under the rules of an eligible derivatives market.
16.4 A transaction in a derivative must not cause a Sub-fund to diverge
from its investment objectives as stated in the Instrument
constituting the scheme and the most recently published version of
this Prospectus.
16.5 A transaction in a derivative must not be entered into if the intended
effect is to create the potential for an uncovered sale of one or
more, transferable securities approved, money market instruments,
units in collective investment schemes, or derivatives provided that
a sale is not to be considered as uncovered if the conditions in
paragraph 19 (Requirement to cover sales) are satisfied.
16.6 Any forward transaction must be with an Eligible Institution or an
Approved Bank.
16.7 A derivative includes an instrument which fulfils the following
criteria:
16.7.1 it allows the transfer of the credit risk of the underlying
independently from the other risks associated with that
underlying;
16.7.2 it does not result in the delivery or the transfer of assets
other than those referred to in paragraph 1.2 above
(UCITS schemes: permitted types of scheme property)
including cash;
16.7.3 in the case of an OTC derivative, it complies with the
requirements in paragraph 20 below (OTC transactions in
derivatives);
16.7.4 its risks are adequately captured by the risk management
process of the ACD, and by its internal control
mechanisms in the case of risks of asymmetry of
information between the ACD and the counterparty to the
derivative, resulting from potential access of the
counterparty to non-public information on persons whose
assets are used as the underlying by that derivative.
16.8 A Sub-fund may not undertake transactions in derivatives on
commodities.
17 Financial indices underlying derivatives
17.1 The financial indices referred to in 16.2.6 are those which satisfy
the following criteria:
17.1.1 the index is sufficiently diversified;
17.1.2 the index represents an adequate benchmark for the
market to which it refers; and
17.1.3 the index is published in an appropriate manner.
17.2 A financial index is sufficiently diversified if:
17.2.1 it is composed in such a way that price movements or
trading activities regarding one component do not unduly
influence the performance of the whole index;
17.2.2 where it is composed of assets in which a Sub-fund is
permitted to invest, its composition is at least diversified in
accordance with the requirements with respect to spread
and concentration set out in this section; and
17.2.3 where it is composed of assets in which a Sub-fund cannot
invest, it is diversified in a way which is equivalent to the
diversification achieved by the requirements with respect to
spread and concentration set out in this section.
17.3 A financial index represents an adequate benchmark for the market
to which it refers if:
17.3.1 it measures the performance of a representative group of
underlyings in a relevant and appropriate way;
17.3.2 it is revised or rebalanced periodically to ensure that it
continues to reflect the markets to which it refers, following
criteria which are publicly available; and
17.3.3 the underlyings are sufficiently liquid, allowing users to
replicate it if necessary.
17.4 A financial index is published in an appropriate manner if:
17.4.1 its publication process relies on sound procedures to
collect prices, and calculate and subsequently publish the
index value, including pricing procedures for components
where a market price is not available; and
17.4.2 material information on matters such as index calculation,
rebalancing methodologies, index changes or any
operational difficulties in providing timely or accurate
information is provided on a wide and timely basis.
17.5 Where the composition of underlyings of a transaction in a
derivative does not satisfy the requirements for a financial index, the
underlyings for that transaction shall where they satisfy the
requirements with respect to other underlyings pursuant to 16.2, be
regarded as a combination of those underlyings.
18 Transactions for the purchase of property
18.1 A derivative or forward transaction which will or could lead to the
delivery of property for the account of a Sub-fund may be entered
into only if that property can be held for the account of the Sub-
fund, and the ACD having taken reasonable care determines that
delivery of the property under the transaction will not occur or will
not lead to a breach of the rules in the COLL Sourcebook.
19 Requirement to cover sales
19.1 No agreement by or on behalf of a Sub-fund to dispose of property
or rights may be made unless the obligation to make the disposal
and any other similar obligation could immediately be honoured by
the Sub-fund by delivery of property or the assignment (or, in
Scotland, assignation) of rights, and the property and rights above
are owned by the Sub-fund at the time of the agreement. This
requirement does not apply to a deposit.
19.2 Paragraph 19.1 does not apply where:
19.2.1 the risks of the underlying financial instrument of a
derivative can be appropriately represented by another
financial instrument and the underlying financial instrument
is highly liquid; or
19.2.2 the ACD or the Depositary has the right to settle the
derivative in cash and cover exists within the Scheme
Property which falls within one of the following asset
Classes:
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cash;
liquid debt instruments (e.g. government bonds of first
credit rating) with appropriate safeguards (in particular,
haircuts); or
other highly liquid assets having regard to their correlation
with the underlying of the financial derivative instruments,
subject to appropriate safeguards (e.g. haircuts where
relevant).
19.3 In the asset classes referred to in 19.2.2, an asset may be
considered as liquid where the instrument can be converted into
cash in no more than seven business days at a price closely
corresponding to the current valuation of the financial instrument
on its own market.
20 OTC transactions in derivatives
20.1 Any transaction in an OTC derivative under paragraph 16.1 must
be:
20.1.1 in a future, option or contract for differences;
20.1.2 with an approved counterparty; a counterparty to a
transaction in derivatives is approved only if the
counterparty is an Eligible Institution or an Approved Bank;
or a person whose permission (including any requirements
or limitations), as published in the FCA Register or whose
Home State authorisation, permits it to enter into the
transaction as principal off-exchange;
20.1.3 on approved terms; the terms of the transaction in
derivatives are approved only if, before the transaction is
entered into, the Depositary is satisfied that the
counterparty has agreed with aSub-fund: to provide at
least daily and at any other time at the request of the Sub-
fund reliable and verifiable valuation in respect of that
transaction corresponding to its fair value (being the
amount for which an asset could be exchanged, or a
liability settled, between knowledgeable, willing parties in
an arm’s length transaction) and which does not rely only
on market quotations by the counterparty and that it will, at
the request of the Sub-fund , enter into a further
transaction to sell, liquidate or close out that transaction at
any time, at a fair value arrived at under the reliable market
value basis or pricing model agreed under 20.1.4; and
20.1.4 capable of reliable valuation; a transaction in derivatives is
capable of reliable valuation only if the ACD having taken
reasonable care determines that, throughout the life of the
derivative (if the transaction is entered into), it will be able
to value the investment concerned with reasonable
accuracy: on the basis of an up-to-date market value which
the ACD and the Depositary have agreed is reliable; or if
that value is not available, on the basis of a pricing model
which the ACD and the Depositary have agreed uses an
adequate recognised methodology; and
20.1.5 subject to verifiable valuation; a transaction in derivatives is
subject to verifiable valuation only if, throughout the life of
the derivative (if the transaction is entered into) verification
of the valuation is carried out by:
20.1.5.1 an appropriate third party which is
independent from the counterparty of the
derivative, at an adequate frequency and in
such a way that the ACD is able to check it;
or
20.1.5.2 a department within the ACD which is
independent from the department in charge
of managing the scheme property and
which is adequately equipped for such a
purpose.
21 Valuation of OTC derivatives
21.1 For the purposes of paragraph 20.1.2, the ACD must:
21.1.1 establish, implement and maintain arrangements and
procedures which ensure appropriate, transparent and fair
valuation of the exposures of a Fund to OTC derivatives;
and
21.1.2 ensure that the fair value of OTC derivatives is subject to
adequate, accurate and independent assessment.
21.2 Where the arrangements and procedures referred to in paragraph
21.1.1 involve the performance of certain activities by third parties,
the ACD must comply with the requirements in SYSC 8.1.13 R
(Additional requirements for a management company) and COLL
6.6A.4 R (4) to (6) (Due diligence requirements of AFMs of UCITS
schemes).
21.3 The arrangements and procedures referred to in this rule must be:
21.3.1 adequate and proportionate to the nature and complexity
of the OTC derivative concerned; and
21.3.2 adequately documented
22 Risk management
22.1 The ACD must use a risk management process, as reviewed by the
Depositary, enabling it to monitor and measure as frequently as
appropriate the risk of a Sub-fund’s positions and their contribution
to the overall risk profile of the Sub-fund.
22.2 The following details of the risk management process must be
regularly notified by the ACD to the FCA and at least on an annual
basis:
22.2.1 a true and fair view of the types of derivatives and forward
transactions to be used within a Company together with
their underlying risks and any relevant quantitative limits;
and
22.2.2 the methods for estimating risks in derivative and forward
transactions.
23 Investment in deposits
Only M&G Corporate Bond Fund, M&G Emerging Markets Bond
Fund, M&G European Corporate Bond Fund, M&G European High
Yield Bond Fund and M&G Global Government Bond Fund may
invest in deposits.
23.1 A Sub-fund may invest in deposits only with an Approved Bank and
which are repayable on demand or have the right to be withdrawn,
and maturing in no more than 12 months.
24 Significant influence
24.1 The Company must not acquire transferable securities issued by a
body corporate and carrying rights to vote (whether or not on
substantially all matters) at a general meeting of that body
corporate if:
24.1.1 immediately before the acquisition, the aggregate of any
such securities held by a Sub-fund gives the Sub-fund
power significantly to influence the conduct of business of
that body corporate; or
24.1.2 the acquisition gives the Company that power.
24.2 The Company is to be taken to have power significantly to influence
the conduct of business of a body corporate if it can, because of
the transferable securities held by it, exercise or control the exercise
of 20% or more of the voting rights in that body corporate
(disregarding for this purpose any temporary suspension of voting
rights in respect of the transferable securities of that body
corporate).
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25 Concentration
The Company:
25.1 must not acquire transferable securities (other than debt securities)
which:
25.1.1 do not carry a right to vote on any matter at a general
meeting of the body corporate that issued them; and
25.1.2 represent more than 10% of those securities issued by that
body corporate;
25.2 must not acquire more than 10% of the debt securities issued by
any single body;
25.3 must not acquire more than 25% of the units in a collective
investment scheme;
25.4 must not acquire more than 10% of the approved money market
instruments issued by any single body; and
25.5 need not comply with the limits in paragraphs 25.2 to 25.4 if, at the
time of acquisition, the net amount in issue of the relevant
investment cannot be calculated.
26 Schemes replicating an index
26.1 Notwithstanding paragraph 11 a Sub-fund may invest up to 20% in
value of the Scheme Property in shares and debentures which are
issued by the same body where the stated investment policy is to
replicate the composition of a relevant index as defined below.
26.2 Replication of the composition of a relevant index shall be
understood to be a reference to replication of the composition of
the underlying assets of that index, including the use of techniques
and instruments permitted for the purpose of efficient portfolio
management.
26.3 The 20% limit can be raised up to 35% in value of the Scheme
Property, but only in respect of one body and where justified by
exceptional market conditions.
26.4 The indices referred to above are those which satisfy the following
criteria:
26.4.1 The composition is sufficiently diversified;
26.4.2 The index represents an adequate benchmark for the
market to which it refers; and
26.4.3 The index is published in an appropriate manner.
26.5 The composition of an index is sufficiently diversified if its
components adhere to the spread and concentration requirements
in this section.
26.6 An index represents an adequate benchmark if its provider uses a
recognised methodology which generally does not result in the
exclusion of a major issuer of the market to which it refers.
26.7 An index is published in an appropriate manner if:
26.7.1 it is accessible to the public;
26.7.2 the index provider is independent from the index-replicating
Sub-fund; this does not preclude index providers and the
Sub-fund from forming part of the same group, provided
that effective arrangements for the management of
conflicts of interest are in place.
27 Derivatives exposure
27.1 A Sub-fund may invest in derivatives and forward transactions as
long as the exposure to which the Sub-fund is committed by that
transaction itself is suitably covered from within its Scheme
Property. Exposure will include any initial outlay in respect of that
transaction.
27.2 Cover ensures that a Sub-fund is not exposed to the risk of loss of
property, including money, to an extent greater than the net value of
the Scheme Property. Therefore, the Sub-fund must hold Scheme
Property sufficient in value or amount to match the exposure arising
from a derivative obligation to which the Sub-fund is committed.
Paragraph 28 (Cover for transactions in derivatives and forward
transactions) sets out detailed requirements for cover of a sub-fund.
27.3 Cover used in respect of one transaction in derivatives or forward
transaction must not be used for cover in respect of another
transaction in derivatives or a forward transaction.
28 Cover for transactions in derivatives and forward
transactions
28.1 A transaction in derivatives or forward transaction is to be entered
into only if the maximum exposure, in terms of the principal or
notional principal created by the transaction to which the scheme is
or may be committed by another person is covered globally.
28.2 Exposure is covered globally if adequate cover from within the
Scheme Property is available to meet the scheme’s total exposure,
taking into account the value of the underlying assets, any
reasonably foreseeable market movement, counterparty risk, and
the time available to liquidate any positions.
28.3 Cash not yet received into the Scheme Property but due to be
received within one month is available as cover.
28.4 Property the subject of a stock lending transaction is only available
for cover if the ACD has taken reasonable care to determine that it
is obtainable (by return or re-acquisition) in time to meet the
obligation for which cover is required.
28.5 The total exposure relating to derivatives held in a Sub-fund may
not exceed the net value of the Scheme Property.
29 Daily calculation of global exposure
29.1 The ACD must calculate the global exposure of the Company on at
least a daily basis.
29.2 For the purposes of this section, exposure must be calculated
taking into account the current value of the underlying assets, the
counterparty risk, future market movements and the time available
to liquidate the positions.
30 Calculation of global exposure
30.1 The ACD must calculate the global exposure of the Company it
manages either as:
30.1.1 the incremental exposure and leverage generated through
the use of derivatives and forward transactions (including
embedded derivatives as referred to in paragraph 15
(Derivatives: general), which may not exceed 100% of the
Net Asset Value of the scheme property of the Company,
by way of the commitment approach; or
30.1.2 the market risk of the scheme property of the Company, by
way of the value at risk approach.
30.2 The ACD must ensure that the method selected above is
appropriate, taking into account:
30.2.1 the investment strategy pursued by the Company;
30.2.2 the types and complexities of the derivatives and forward
transactions used; and
30.2.3 the proportion of the scheme property comprising
derivatives and forward transactions.
30.3 Where a Company employs techniques and instruments including
repo contracts or stock lending transactions in accordance with
paragraph 33 (Stock lending) in order to generate additional
leverage or exposure to market risk, the ACD must take those
transactions into consideration when calculating global exposure.
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30.4 For the purposes of paragraph 30.1, value at risk means a measure
of the maximum expected loss at a given confidence level over the
specific time period.
30.5 The ACD calculates the global exposure of M&G International
Sovereign IF(3) using the value at risk (VaR) based techniques.
VaR measure each fund’s sensitivity to core market risk factors
such as credit risk and interest rates. VaR is a technique used to
estimate the probability of portfolio losses based on statistical
analysis of historical price trends and volatilities.
31 Commitment approach
31.1 Where the ACD uses the commitment approach for the calculation
of global exposure, it must:
31.1.1 ensure that it applies this approach to all derivative and
forward transactions (including embedded derivatives as
referred to in paragraph 15 (Derivatives: general)), whether
used as part of the Company’s general investment policy,
for the purposes of risk reduction or for the purposes of
Efficient Portfolio Management in accordance with
paragraph 33 (Stock lending); and
31.1.2 convert each derivative or forward transaction into the
market value of an equivalent position in the underlying
asset of that derivative or forward (standard commitment
approach).
31.2 The ACD may apply other calculation methods which are
equivalent to the standard commitment approach.
31.3 For the commitment approach, the ACD may take account of
netting and hedging arrangements when calculating global
exposure of the Company, where these arrangements do not
disregard obvious and material risks and result in a clear reduction
in risk exposure.
31.4 Where the use of derivatives or forward transactions does not
generate incremental exposure for the Company, the underlying
exposure need not be included in the commitment calculation.
31.5 Where the commitment approach is used, temporary borrowing
arrangements entered into on behalf of the Company in
accordance with paragraph 34 need not form part of the global
exposure calculation.
32 Cover and borrowing
328.1 Cash obtained from borrowing, and borrowing which the ACD
reasonably regards an Eligible Institution or an Approved Bank to
be committed to provide, is available for cover under the previous
paragraph 28 (Cover for transactions in derivatives and forward
transactions) as long as the normal limits on borrowing (see below)
are observed.
32.2 Where, for the purposes of this paragraph a Sub-fund borrows an
amount of currency from an Eligible Institution or an Approved
Bank; and keeps an amount in another currency, at least equal to
such borrowing for the time on deposit with the lender (or his agent
or nominee), then this applies as if the borrowed currency, and not
the deposited currency, were part of the Scheme Property, and the
normal limits on borrowing under paragraph 34 (General power to
borrow) do not apply to that borrowing.
33 Cash and near cash
33.1 Cash and near cash must not be retained in the Scheme Property
except to the extent that, this may reasonably be regarded as
necessary in order to enable:
33.1.1 the pursuit of a Sub-fund’s investment objectives
(applicable to M&G Corporate Bond Fund, M&G Emerging
Markets Bond Fund, M&G European Corporate Bond
Fund, M&G European High Yield Bond Fund and M&G
Global Government Bond Fund only);or
33.1.2 redemption of Shares; or
33.1.3 efficient management of a Sub-fund in accordance with its
investment objectives; or
33.1.4 other purposes which may reasonably be regarded as
ancillary to the investment objectives of a Sub-fund.
33.2 During the period of the initial offer the Scheme Property may
consist of cash and near cash without limitation.
34 General power to borrow
34.1 A Sub-fund may, in accordance with this paragraph and paragraph
35, borrow money for the use of the Sub-fund on terms that the
borrowing is to be repayable out of the Scheme Property. This
power to borrow is subject to the obligation of the Sub-fund to
comply with any restriction in the instrument constituting the Sub-
fund.
34.2 A Sub-fund may borrow under paragraph 34.1 only from an Eligible
Institution or an Approved Bank.
34.3 The ACD must ensure that any borrowing is on a temporary basis
and that borrowings are not persistent, and for this purpose the
ACD must have regard in particular to:
34.3.1 the duration of any period of borrowing; and
34.3.2 the number of occasions on which resort is had to
borrowing in any period.
34.4 The ACD must ensure that no period of borrowing exceeds three
months, without the consent of the Depositary.
34.5 These borrowing restrictions do not apply to “back to back”
borrowing for currency hedging purposes.
34.6 A Sub-fund must not issue any debenture unless it acknowledges
or creates a borrowing that complies with paragraph 34.1 to 34.5.
35 Borrowing limits
35.1 The ACD must ensure that a Sub-fund’s borrowing does not, on
any business day, exceed 10% of the value of the Scheme
Property of the Sub-fund.
35.2 In this paragraph 35, “borrowing” includes, as well as borrowing in
a conventional manner, any other arrangement (including a
combination of derivatives) designed to achieve a temporary
injection of money into the Scheme Property in the expectation that
the sum will be repaid.
35.3 For each Sub-fund, borrowing does not include any arrangement
for the Sub-fund to pay to a third party (including the ACD) any set
up costs which the Sub-fund is entitled to amortise and which were
paid on behalf of the Sub-fund by the third party.
36 Restrictions on lending of money
36.1 None of the money in the Scheme Property of a Sub-fund may be
lent and, for the purposes of this prohibition, money is lent by a Sub-
fund if it is paid to a person (“the payee”) on the basis that it should
be repaid, whether or not by the payee.
36.2 Acquiring a debenture is not lending for the purposes of paragraph
36.1; nor is the placing of money on deposit or in a current account.
36.3 Paragraph 36.1 does not prevent a Sub-fund from providing an
officer of the Sub-fund with funds to meet expenditure to be
incurred by him for the purposes of the Sub-fund (or for the
purposes of enabling him properly to perform his duties as an
officer of the Sub-fund) or from doing anything to enable an officer
to avoid incurring such expenditure.
37 Restrictions on lending of property other than
money
37.1 The Scheme Property of a Sub-fund other than money must not be
lent by way of deposit or otherwise.
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37.2 The Scheme Property of a Sub-fund must not be mortgaged.
38 General power to accept or underwrite issues of
stock
38.1 Any power in Chapter 5 of the COLL Sourcebook to invest in
transferable securities may be used for the purpose of entering into
transactions to which this section applies, subject to compliance
with any restriction in the Instrument of Incorporation.
38.2 This section applies, subject to paragraph 38.3, to any agreement
or understanding:
38.2.1 which is an underwriting or Sub-underwriting agreement;
or
38.2.2 which contemplates that securities will or may be issued or
subscribed for or acquired for the account of a ub-fund.
34.3 Paragraph 34.2 does not apply to:
38.3.1 an option; or
38.3.2 a purchase of a transferable security which confers a right:
to subscribe for or acquire a transferable security; or
to convert one transferable security into another.
38.3.3 The exposure of a Sub-fund to agreements and
understandings within paragraph 38.2 must, on any
business day:
be covered in accordance with the requirements of rule
5.3.3R of the COLL Sourcebook; and
be such that, if all possible obligations arising under them
had immediately to be met in full, there would be no breach
of any limit in Chapter 5 of the COLL Sourcebook.
39 Guarantees and indemnities
39.1 A Sub-fund or the Depositary for the account of the Sub-fund must
not provide any guarantee or indemnity in respect of the obligation
of any person.
39.2 None of the Scheme Property of a Sub-fund may be used to
discharge any obligation arising under a guarantee or indemnity
with respect to the obligation of any person.
39.3 Paragraphs 39.1 and 39.2 do not apply in respect of a Sub-fund to:
39.3.1 any indemnity or guarantee given for margin requirements
where the derivatives or forward transactions are being
used in accordance with the FCA rules;
39.3.2 an indemnity falling within the provisions of regulation
62(3) (Exemptions from liability to be void) of the Treasury
Regulations;
39.3.3 an indemnity (other than any provision in it which is void
under regulation 62 of the Treasury Regulations) given to
the Depositary against any liability incurred by it as a
consequence of the safekeeping of any of the Scheme
Property by it or by anyone retained by it to assist it to
perform its function of the safekeeping of the Scheme
Property; and
39.3.4 an indemnity given to a person winding up a scheme if the
indemnity is given for the purposes of arrangements by
which the whole or part of the property of that scheme
becomes the first property of a Sub-fund and the holders
of units in that scheme become the first Shareholders in
the Sub-fund.
40 Efficient Portfolio Management
40.1 The Company may enter into transactions for the purposes of
efficient portfolio management (‘EPM’), including hedging
transactions and temporary short term tactical asset allocation, e.g.
for the purposes of preserving the value of an asset or assets of
the Company and liquidity management purposes,(i.e. to enable
the Company to be adequately invested).
Such transactions may include, but are not limited to currency
forwards, futures, credit default swaps, total return swaps, dividend
swaps, asset swaps, options and contracts for differences.
A number of risks arise in relation to derivatives transactions:
40.2 Permitted EPM transactions (excluding stock lending
arrangements) are transactions in derivatives (i.e. options, futures
or contracts for differences) dealt in or traded on an approved
derivatives market; off exchange futures, options or contracts for
differences resembling options; or synthetic futures in certain
circumstances. The Company may enter into approved derivatives
transactions on derivatives markets which are eligible. Eligible
derivatives markets are those which the ACD after consultation with
the Depositary has decided are appropriate for the purpose of
investment of or dealing in the scheme property with regard to the
relevant criteria set out in the Regulations and the Guidance on
eligible markets issued by the FCA as amended from time to time.
40.3 The eligible derivatives markets for the Company are set out in
Appendix 3.
40.4 New eligible derivatives markets may be added to a Sub-fund in
accordance with the Regulations and only after the ACD has
revised the prospectus accordingly.
40.5 Any forward transactions must be with an approved counterparty
(eligible institutions, money market institutions etc). A derivatives or
forward transaction which would or could lead to delivery of scheme
property to the Depositary in respect of the Company may be
entered into only if such scheme property can be held by the
Company, and the ACD reasonably believes that delivery of the
property pursuant to the transactions will not lead to a breach of the
Regulations.
40.6 There is no limit on the amount of the scheme property which may
be used for EPM but the transactions must satisfy three broadly-
based requirements:
40.6.1 A transaction must reasonably be believed by the ACD to
be economically appropriate to the efficient portfolio
management of the Company. This means that
transactions undertaken to reduce risk or cost (or both)
must alone or in combination with other EPM transactions
diminish a risk or cost of a kind or level which it is sensible
to reduce and transactions undertaken to generate
additional capital or income must confer a benefit on the
Company or the Sub-fund.
40.6.2 EPM may not include speculative transactions.
40.6.3 The purpose of an EPM transaction for the Company must
be to achieve one of the following aims in respect of the
Company or a Sub-fund:
• reduction of risk
• reduction of cost
• the generation of additional capital or income
40.6.3.1 Reduction of risk allows for the use of the
technique of cross-currency hedging in
order to switch all or part of the Company’s
or Sub-fund’s exposure away from a
currency the ACD considers unduly prone
to risk, to another currency. This aim also
permits the use of stock index contracts to
change the exposure from one market to
another, a technique known as ‘tactical
asset allocation’.
40.6.3.2 Reduction of cost allows for the use of
futures or options contracts, either on
specific stocks or on an index, in order to
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minimise or eliminate the effect of changing
prices of stocks to be bought or sold.
40.6.3.3 The aims of reduction of risk or cost,
together or separately, allow the ACD on a
temporary basis to use the technique of
tactical asset allocation. Tactical asset
allocation permits the ACD to undertake a
switch in exposure by use of derivatives,
rather than through sale and purchase of
the scheme property. If an EPM transaction
for the Company relates to the acquisition
or potential acquisition of transferable
securities, the ACD must intend that the
Company should invest in transferable
securities within a reasonable time and the
ACD shall thereafter ensure that, unless the
position has itself been closed out, that
intention is realised within that reasonable
time.
40.6.3.4 The generation of additional capital or
income for the Company or Sub-fund with
no or an acceptably low level of risk means
the ACD reasonably believes that the
Company or Sub-fund is certain (or certain
barring events which are not reasonably
foreseeable) to derive a benefit.
The generation of additional capital or
income may arise out of taking advantage
of price imperfections or from the receipt of
a premium for writing of covered call or
covered put options (even if the benefit is
obtained at the expense of the foregoing of
yet greater benefit) or pursuant to
stocklending as permitted by the
Regulations. The relevant purpose must
relate to scheme property; scheme
property (whether precisely identified or
not) which is to be or is proposed to be
acquired for the Company; and anticipated
cash receipts of the Company, if due to be
received at some time and likely to be
received within one month.
40.7 Each EPM transaction must be fully covered ‘individually’ by
scheme property of the right kind (i.e. in the case of exposure in
terms of property, appropriate transferable securities or other
property; and, in the case of exposure in terms of money, cash,
near-cash instruments, borrowed cash or transferable securities
which can be sold to realise the appropriate cash). It must also be
covered ‘globally’ (i.e. after providing cover for existing EPM
transactions there is adequate cover for another EPM transaction
within the scheme property - there can be no gearing). Scheme
property and cash can be used only once for cover and, generally,
scheme property is not available for cover if it is the subject of a
stocklending transaction. The EPM lending transaction in a back to
back currency borrowing (i.e. borrowing permitted in order to
reduce or eliminate risk arising by reason of fluctuations in
exchange rates) does not require cover.
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Where permitted by their objective and policy, a Sub-fund may deal in any
securities, derivatives or money market instruments on any market that is:
a) a regulated market; or
b) a market in an EEA State which is regulated, operates regularly and is
open to the public; or
c) a market which the ACD, after consultation with the Depositary, decides is
appropriate for investment of or dealing in the scheme property (see
Appendix 2, 7.4 for more detail).
For the purposes of “b” above, the Manager may trade in bonds and other
securities issued by non-UK institutions, on the UK OTC Market. Additionally,
for “c” above, the markets listed below have been deemed appropriate.
In addition, up to 10% in value of a Sub-fund may be invested in transferable
securities and/or derivatives which are not listed on these markets.
[In the event that an eligible market changes its name or merges with another
eligible market, the successor market will be deemed to be an eligible market
unless the ACD and/or the Depositary determine that further due diligence is
required. In these circumstances, the prospectus will be updated with the
name of the new market at the next available opportunity.
Europe (Non-EEA States)
Croatia Zagreb Exchange
Switzerland SIX Swiss Exchange
Turkey Borsa Istanbul
Americas
Brazil BM&F Bovespa
Canada TSX (forms part of the TMX Group)
Mexico Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (Mexican StockExchange)
United States New York Stock Exchange
NYSE Mkt LLC
Boston Stock Exchange (BSE)
Chicago Stock Exchange (CHX)
The NASDAQ Stock Market
US OTC market regulated by FINRA
National Stock Exchange
NYSE Arca
NASDAQ OMX PHLX
The market in transferable securities issued by oron behalf of the Government of the United Statesof America conducted through those persons forthe time being recognised and supervised by theFederal Reserve Bank of New York and known asprimary dealers.
Africa
South Africa The JSE Securities Exchange
Far East
Australia Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)
China Shanghai Stock Exchange (B shares)
Shenzhen Stock Exchange (B shares)
Hong Kong Hong Kong Exchanges
Growth Global Enterprise Market (GEM)
India Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd
The National Stock Exchange of India
Indonesia Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX)
Japan Tokyo Stock Exchange
Nagoya Stock Exchange
Sapporo Stock Exchange
JASDAQ
Korea Korea Exchange Incorporated (KRX)
Malaysia Bursa Malaysia Berhad
New Zealand New Zealand Stock Exchange
Philippines Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE)
Singapore Singapore Exchange (SGX)
Sri Lanka Colombo Stock Exchange
Taiwan Taiwan Stock Exchange
Gre Tai (Taiwan OTC)
Thailand The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET)
Middle East
Israel Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE)
For the purposes of “c” above, the derivatives markets listed below have
been deemed appropriate.
Europe (Non-EEA States)
Switzerland EUREX
Americas
Canada The Montreal Exchange
United States CME Group
Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE)
Africa
South Africa The JSE Securities Exchange
Far East
Australia Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)
Hong Kong Hong Kong Exchanges
Japan Osaka Securities Exchange
Korea Korea Exchange Incorporated (KRX)
New Zealand New Zealand Futures Exchange
Singapore Singapore Exchange (SGX)
Thailand Thailand Futures Exchange (TFEX)
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4.1 M&G Corporate Bond Fund.
Investment Objective
The Fund aims to achieve a higher total return (the combination of income
and growth of capital) from investment than would be obtainable in UK
government fixed interest securities (ie gilts) of similar maturities.
Investment Policy
The Fund invests mainly in sterling denominated corporate debt instruments.
The Fund’s exposure to corporate debt may be gained through the use of
derivatives. Any currency exposures within the Fund may be managed by
currency hedges into sterling. The Fund may also invest in other assets
including collective investment schemes, other transferable securities and
other debt instruments (including corporate debt and government and public
securities denominated in any currency), cash and near cash, deposits,
warrants, money market instruments and other derivative instruments.
Accounting reference date: 30 June
Income allocation date: On or before 31 October (Final); 31 January(Interim); 30 April (Interim); 31 July (Interim)
Share classes/types in issue or availablefor issue*: Euro Class A – Gross Accumulation and Gross
Income
Euro Class B – Gross Accumulation
Euro Class C – Gross Accumulation and GrossIncome
U.S. Dollar Class A – Gross Accumulation andGross Income
U.S. Dollar Class C – Gross Accumulation andGross Income
Swiss Franc Class A – Gross Accumulation
Swiss Franc Class C – Gross Accumulation
Investment minima (Euro Share Classes)
Lump sum initial investment Class A: €1,000
Class B: €1,000
Class C: €500,000
Lump sum subsequent investment Class A: €75
Class B: €250
Class C: €50,000
Lump sum holding Class A: €1,000
Class B: €1,000
Class C: €500,000
Regular saving (per month) Class A: €75
Class B: €75
Class C: n/a
Redemption Class A: €75
Class B: €150
Class C: €50,000
Investment minima (U.S. Dollar Share Classes)
Lump sum initial investment Class A: $1,000
Class C: $500,000
Lump sum subsequent investment Class A: $75
Class C: $50,000
Lump sum holding Class A: $1,000
Class C: $500,000
Regular saving (per month) Class A: n/a
Class C: n/a
Redemption Class A: $75
Class C: $50,000
Investment minima (Swiss Franc Share Classes)
Lump sum initial investment Class A: CHF1,000
Class C: CHF500,000
Lump sum subsequent investment Class A: CHF75
Class C: CHF50,000
Lump sum holding Class A: CHF1,000
Class C: CHF500,000
Regular saving (per month) Class A: n/a
Class C: n/a
Redemption Class A: CHF75
Class C: CHF50,000
Charges and Expenses (Euro, U.S. Dollar and Swiss Franc
Share Classes)
Initial charge Class A: 3.25%
Class B: nil
Class C: 1.25%
Redemption charge Class A: n/a
Class B: 1%
Class C: n/a
Annual Management charge Class A: 1.25%
Class B: 1.5%
Class C: 0.5%
Administration charge Class A: 0.15%
Class B: 0.15%
Class C: 0.15%
Depositary charge See section 29.4
Custody charge See section 29.5
Custody Transaction charges See section 29.6
Allocation of Charges
Annual Management Charge 100% to Income
Administration Charge 100% to Income
Share Class Hedging Charge N/A
Depositary’s Charge 100% to Income
Annual Custody Charge 100% to Income
Custody Transaction Charges 100% to Capital
Expenses 100% to Income
Portfolio Transaction Charges 100% to Capital
Please note the above Charges and Expenses section is a summary and
does not set out all charges and expenses payable by the Sub-funds. For
further detail and an explanation of the terms used, please see section 29
above.
Investor Profile
The fund is suitable for retail and institutional investors seeking to gain a
combination of income and growth of capital from a portfolio of mainly
sterling denominated corporate debt instruments over the long term. but who
appreciate that their capital will be at risk and that the value of their
investment and any derived income may fall as well as rise.
Investment Manager: M&G Investment Management Limited
Valuation point: 12.00 noon UK time
Launch date: 7 March 2002
Valuation Currency: Sterling
* Please see www.mandg.com/classesinissue for details of which share classes
are currently being issued.
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4.2 M&G Emerging Markets Bond Fund.
Investment Objective
The Fund aims to maximise total return (the combination of income and
growth of capital)
Investment Policy
The Fund invests mainly in debt instruments issued by emerging market
borrowers, including government, government agency and corporate debt.
There are no restrictions on the currencies to which the Fund may be
exposed. Derivatives may be used for investment purposes as well as for
efficient portfolio management. The Fund may also invest in collective
investment schemes, other transferable securities (including other debt
instruments), cash and near cash, deposits, warrants and money market
instruments. M&G has the discretion to identify the countries that it considers
to qualify as emerging markets although these will typically be those that the
IMF or World Bank define as emerging or developing economies.
Accounting reference date: 30 June
Income allocation date: On or before 31 October (Final); 30 April (Interim)
Share classes/types in issue or available Euro Class A – Gross Accumulation and Grossfor issue*: Income
Euro Class A-H (hedged) – Gross Accumulationand Gross Income
Euro Class B – Gross Accumulation
Euro Class C – Gross Accumulation and GrossIncome
Euro C-H (hedged) – Gross Accumulation andGross Income
U.S. Dollar Class A – Gross Accumulation andGross Income
U.S. Dollar Class A-H (hedged) – GrossAccumulation and Gross Income
U.S. Dollar Class C – Gross Accumulation andGross Income
U.S. Dollar Class C-H (hedged) – GrossAccumulation and Gross Income
Swiss Franc Class A – Gross Accumulation
Swiss Franc Class A-H (hedged) – GrossAccumulation
Swiss Franc Class C – Gross Accumulation
Swiss Franc Class C-H (hedged) – GrossAccumulation
Investment minima (Euro Share Classes)
Lump sum initial investment Class A: €1,000
Class A-H: €1,000
Class B: €1,000
Class C: €500,000
Class C-H: €500,000
Lump sum subsequent investment Class A: €75
Class A-H: €75
Class B: €75
Class C: €50,000
Class C-H: €50,000
Lump sum holding Class A: €1,000
Class A-H: €1,000
Class B: €1,000
Class C: €500,000
Class C-H: €500,000
Regular saving (per month) Class A: n/a
Class A-H: n/a
Class B: n/a
Class C: n/a
Class C-H: n/a
Redemption Class A: €75
Class A-H: €75
Class B: €75
Class C: €50,000
Class C-H: €50,000
Investment minima (Swiss Franc Share Classes)
Lump sum initial investment Class A: CHF1,000
Class A-H: CHF1,000
Class C: CHF500,000
Class C-H: CHF500,000
Lump sum subsequent investment Class A: CHF75
Class A-H: CHF75
Class C: CHF50,000
Class C-H: CHF50,000
Lump sum holding Class A: CHF1,000
Class A-H: CHF1,000
Class C: CHF500,000
Class C-H: CHF500,000
Regular saving (per month) Class A: n/a
Class A-H: n/a
Class C: n/a
Class C-H: n/a
Redemption Class A: CHF75
Class A-H: CHF75
Class C: CHF50,000
Class C-H: CHF50,000
Investment minima (U.S. Dollar Share Classes)
Lump sum initial investment Class A: $1,000
Class A-H: $1,000
Class C: $500,000
Class C-H: $500,000
Lump sum subsequent investment Class A: $75
Class A-H: $75
Class C: $50,000
Class C-H: $500,000
Lump sum holding Class A: $1,000
Class A-H: $1,000
Class C: $500,000
Class C-H: $500,000
Regular saving (per month) Class A: n/a
Class A-H: n/a
Class C: n/a
Class C-H: n/a
Redemption Class A: $75
Class A-H: $75
Class C: $50,000
Class C-H: $50,000
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Charges and Expenses (Euro, U.S. Dollar and Swiss Franc
Share Classes)
Initial charge Class A: 4.00%
Class A-H: 4.00%
Class B: 1.25%
Class C: 1.25%
Class C-H: 1.25%
Redemption charge Class A: n/aClass A-H: n/a
Class B: n/a
Class C: n/a
Class C-H: n/a
Annual Management Charge Class A: 1.25%
Class A-H: 1.25%
Class B: 1.75%
Class C: 0.75%
Class C-H: 0.75%
Administration Charge Class A: 0.15%
Class A-H: 0.15%
Class B: 0.15%
Class C: 0.15%
Class C-H: 0.15%
Depositary Charge See section 29.4
Custody Charge See section 29.5
Custody Transaction Charges See section 29.6
ACD’s share class hedging fee Class A-H: 0.01% to 0.055%
Class C-H: 0.01% to 0.055%
Allocation of Charges
Annual Management Charge 100% to Income
Administration Charge 100% to Income
Share Class Hedging Charge N/A
Depositary’s Charge 100% to Income
Annual Custody Charge 100% to Income
Custody Transaction Charges 100% to Capital
Expenses 100% to Income
Portfolio Transaction Charges 100% to Capital
Please note the above Charges and Expenses section is a summary and
does not set out all charges and expenses payable by the Sub-funds. For
further detail and an explanation of the terms used, please see section 29
above.
Investor Profile
The fund is suitable for retail and institutional investors seeking to gain a
combination of income and growth of capital from a portfolio of mainly debt
instruments issued by emerging market borrowers over the long term, but
who appreciate that their capital will be at risk and that the value of their
investment and any derived income may fall as well as rise.
Investment Manager: M&G Investment Management Limited
Valuation point: 12.00 noon UK time
Launch date: 7 March 2002
Valuation Currency: Sterling
* Please see www.mandg.com/classesinissue for details of which share classes
are currently being issued.
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4.3 M&G European Corporate Bond Fund.
Investment Objective
The Fund aims to maximise total return (the combination of income and
growth of capital) while generating a higher level of income than that from
European government bonds of similar maturities.
Investment Policy
The Fund invests mainly in investment grade corporate bonds denominated
in any European currency. The Fund may also invest in high yield corporate
bonds, government and public securities denominated in any European
currency. The Fund’s exposure to bonds, government and other public
securities may be gained through the use of derivatives. The Fund may also
invest in other assets, including collective investment schemes, other
transferable securities, cash and near cash, deposits, warrants, money
market instruments and other derivative instruments which may be
denominated in any major global currency. Any non-European currency
exposures within the Fund may be managed by currency hedges in
European currencies.
Accounting reference date: 30 June
Income allocation date: On or before 31 October (Final); 31 January(Interim); 30 April (Interim); 31 July (Interim)
Share classes/types in issue or availablefor issue*: Euro Class A – Gross Accumulation and Gross
Income
Euro Class B – Gross Accumulation
Euro Class C – Gross Accumulation and GrossIncome
U.S Dollar Class A – Gross Accumulation andGross Income
U.S Dollar Class A-H (hedged) – GrossAccumulation and Gross Income
U.S Dollar Class C – Gross Accumulation andGross Income
U.S Dollar Class C-H (hedged) – GrossAccumulation and Gross Income
Swiss Franc Class A – Gross Accumulation
Swiss Franc Class A-H (hedged) – GrossAccumulation
Swiss Franc Class C – Gross Accumulation
Swiss Franc Class C-H (hedged) – GrossAccumulation
Investment minima (Euro Share Classes)
Lump sum initial investment Class A: €1,000
Class B: €1,000
Class C: €500,000
Lump sum subsequent investment Class A: €75
Class B: €250
Class C: €50,000
Lump sum holding Class A: €1,000
Class B: €1,000
Class C: €500,000
Regular saving (per month) Class A: €75
Class B: €75
Class C: n/a
Redemption Class A: €75
Class B†: €150
Class C: €50,000
Investment minima (U.S. Dollar Share Classes)
Lump sum initial investment Class A: $1,000
Class A-H: $1,000
Class C: $500,000
Class C-H: $500,000
Lump sum subsequent investment Class A: $75
Class A-H: $75
Class C: $50,000
Class C-H: $50,000
Lump sum holding Class A: $1,000
Class A-H: $1,000
Class C: $500,000
Class C-H: $500,000
Regular saving (per month) Class A: n/a
Class A-H: n/a
Class C: n/a
Class C-H: n/a
Redemption Class A: $75
Class A-H: $75
Class C: $50,000
Class C-H: $50,000
Investment minima (Swiss Franc Share Classes)
Lump sum initial investment Class A: CHF1,000
Class A-H: CHF1,000
Class C: CHF500,000
Class C-H: CHF500,000
Lump sum subsequent investment Class A: CHF75
Class A-H: CHF75
Class C: CHF50,000
Class C-H: CHF50,000
Lump sum holding Class A: CHF1,000
Class A-H: CHF1,000
Class C: CHF500,000
Class C-H: CHF500,000
Regular saving (per month) Class A: n/a
Class A-H: n/a
Class C: n/a
Class C-H: n/a
Redemption Class A: CHF75
Class A-H: CHF75
Class C: CHF50,000
Class C-H: CHF50,000
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Charges and Expenses (Euro, U.S. Dollar and Swiss Franc
Share Classes)
Initial charge Class A: 3.25%
Class A-H: 3.25%
Class B†: nil
Class C: 1.25%
Class C-H: 1.25%
Redemption charge Class A: n/a
Class A-H: n/a
Class B†: 1%
Class C: n/a
Class C-H: n/a
Annual Management Charge Class A: 1%
Class A-H: 1%
Class B†: 1.5%
Class C: 0.5%
Class C-H: 0.5%
Administration Charge Class A: 0.15%
Class A-H: 0.15%
Class B: 0.15%
Class C: 0.15%
Class C-H: 0.15%
Depositary Charge See section 29.4
Custody Charge See section 29.5
Custody Transaction Charges See section 29.6
ACD’s share class hedging fee Class A-H: 0.01 to 0.055%
Class C-H: 0.01% to 0.055%
Allocation of Charges
Annual Management Charge 100% to Income
Administration Charge 100% to Income
Share Class Hedging Charge N/A
Depositary’s Charge 100% to Income
Annual Custody Charge 100% to Income
Custody Transaction Charges 100% to Capital
Expenses 100% to Income
Portfolio Transaction Charges 100% to Capital
Please note the above Charges and Expenses section is a summary and
does not set out all charges and expenses payable by the Sub-funds. For
further detail and an explanation of the terms used, please see section
29 above.
Investor Profile
The fund is suitable for retail and institutional investors seeking to gain a
combination of income and growth of capital from a portfolio of mainly
investment grade corporate bonds denominated in any European currency
over the long term, but who appreciate that their capital will be at risk and that
the value of their investment and any derived income may fall as well as rise.
Investment Manager: M&G Investment Management Limited
Valuation point: 12.00 noon UK time
Launch date: 13 January 2003
Valuation Currency: Sterling
* Please see www.mandg.com/classesinissue for details of which share classes
are currently being issued.
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4.4 M&G European High Yield Bond Fund.
Investment Objective
The Fund aims to maximise total return (the combination of income and
growth of capital) while generating a high level of income.
Investment Policy
The Fund mainly invests in higher yielding debt instruments denominated in
any European currency and will normally be managed to give investors
exposure to European currencies. The Fund’s exposure to higher yielding
debt instruments may be gained through the use of derivatives. The Fund
may also invest in other assets including collective investment schemes,
government and public securities and other transferable securities, cash and
near cash, deposits, warrants, money market instruments and other
derivative instruments which may be denominated in any major global
currency. Any non-European currency exposures within the Fund may be
managed by currency hedges in European currencies.
Accounting reference date: 30 June
Income allocation date: On or before 31 October (Final); 31 January(Interim); 30 April (Interim); 31 July (Interim)
Share classes/types in issue or available Euro Class A – Gross Accumulation and Grossfor issue: Income
Euro Class B – Gross Accumulation
Euro Class C – Gross Accumulation and GrossIncome
U.S. Dollar Class A – Gross Accumulation andGross Income
U.S. Dollar Class A-H (hedged) – GrossAccumulation and Gross Income
U.S. Dollar Class C – Gross Accumulation andGross Income
U.S. Dollar Class C-H (hedged) – GrossAccumulation and Gross Income
Swiss Franc Class A – Gross Accumulation
Swiss Franc Class A-H (hedged) – GrossAccumulation
Swiss Franc Class C – Gross Accumulation
Swiss Franc Class C-H (hedged) – GrossAccumulation
Investment minima (Euro Shares Classes)
Lump sum initial investment Class A: €1,000
Class B: €1,000
Class C: €500,000
Lump sum subsequent investment Class A: €75
Class B: €75
Class C: €50,000
Lump sum holding Class A: €1,000
Class B: €1,000
Class C: €500,000
Regular saving (per month) Class A: €75
Class B: n/a
Class C: n/a
Redemption Class A: €75
Class B: €75
Class C: €50,000
Investment minima (U.S. Dollar Share Classes)
Lump sum initial investment Class A: $1,000
Class A-H: $1,000
Class C: $500,000
Class C-H: $500,000
Lump sum subsequent investment Class A: $75
Class A-H: $75
Class C: $50,000
Class C-H: $50,000
Lump sum holding Class A: $1,000
Class A-H: $1,000
Class C: $500,000
Class C-H: $500,000
Regular saving (per month) Class A: n/a
Class A-H: n/a
Class C: n/a
Class C-H: n/a
Redemption Class A: $75
Class A-H: $75
Class C: $50,000
Class C-H: $50,000
Investment minima (Swiss Franc Share Classes)
Lump sum initial investment Class A: CHF1,000
Class A-H: CHF1,000
Class C: CHF500,000
Class C-H: CHF500,000
Lump sum subsequent investment Class A: CHF75
Class A-H: CHF75
Class C: CHF50,000
Class C-H: CHF50,000
Lump sum holding Class A: CHF1,000
Class A-H: CHF1,000
Class C: CHF500,000
Class C-H: CHF500,000
Regular saving (per month) Class A: n/a
Class A-H: n/a
Class C: n/a
Class C-H: n/a
Redemption Class A: CHF75
Class A-H: CHF75
Class C: CHF50,000
Class C-H: CHF50,000
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Charges and Expenses (Euro, U.S. Dollar and Swiss Franc
Share Classes)
Initial charge Class A: 3.25%
Class A-H: 3.25%
Class B: 1.25%
Class C: 1.25%
Class C-H: 1.25%
Redemption charge Class A: n/a
Class A-H: 3.25%
Class B: n/a
Class C: n/a
Class C-H: n/a
Annual Management Charge Class A: 1.25% Class A-H: 1.25%
Class B: 1.75%
Class C: 0.75%
Class C-H: 0.75%
Administration Charge Class A: 0.15%
Class A-H: 0.15%
Class B: 0.15%
Class C: 0.15%
Class C-H: 0.15%
Depositary Charge See section 29.4
Custody Charge See section 29.5
Custody Transaction Charges See section 29.6
ACD’s share class hedging fee Class A-H: 0.01% to 0.055%
Class C-H: 0.01% to 0.055%
Allocation of Charges
Annual Management Charge 100% to Income
Administration Charge 100% to Income
Share Class Hedging Charge N/A
Depositary’s Charge 100% to Income
Annual Custody Charge 100% to Income
Custody Transaction Charges 100% to Capital
Expenses 100% to Income
Portfolio Transaction Charges 100% to Capital
Please note the above Charges and Expenses section is a summary and
does not set out all charges and expenses payable by the Sub-funds. For
further detail and an explanation of the terms used, please see section 29
above.
Investor Profile
The fund is suitable for retail and institutional investors seeking to gain a
combination of income and growth of capital whilst generating a high level of
income from a portfolio of mainly higher yielding debt instruments
denominated in any European currency over the long term, but who
appreciate that their capital will be at risk and that the value of their
investment and any derived income may fall as well as rise.
Investment Manager: M&G Investment Management Limited
Valuation point: 12.00 noon UK time
Launch date: 7 March 2002
Valuation Currency: Sterling
* Please see www.mandg.com/classesinissue for details of which share classes
are currently being issued.
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4.5 M&G Global Government Bond Fund.
Investment Objective
The Fund aims to maximise total return (the combination of income and
growth of capital).
Investment Policy
The portfolio will mainly consist of investment grade government debt
securities, including government guaranteed debt securities, and will be
invested on a global basis. The Fund’s exposure to investment grade
government debt may be gained through the use of derivatives. The Fund
may also invest in other government and public securities, collective
investment schemes, other transferable securities, other debt instruments,
cash and near cash, deposits, warrants, money market instruments and
other derivative instruments. The Fund may use derivatives for Efficient
Portfolio Management purposes.
Accounting reference date: 30 June
Income allocation date: On or before 31 October (Final); 30 April (Interim)
Share classes/types in issue or availablefor issue*: Euro Class A – Gross Accumulation and Gross
Income
Euro Class C – Gross Accumulation and GrossIncome
U.S Dollar Class A – Gross Accumulation andGross Income
U.S Dollar Class C – Gross Accumulation andGross IncomeSwiss Franc Class A – GrossAccumulation
Swiss Franc Class C – Gross Accumulation
Investment minima (Euro Shares Classes)
Lump sum initial investment Class A: €1,000
Class C: €500,000
Lump sum subsequent investment Class A: €75
Class C: €50,000
Lump sum holding Class A: €1,000
Class C: €500,000
Redemption Class A: €75
Class C: €50,000
Investment minima (U.S. Dollar Share Classes)
Lump sum initial investment Class A: $1,000
Class C: $500,000
Lump sum subsequent investment Class A: $75
Class C: $50,000
Lump sum holding Class A: $1,000
Class C: $500,000
Redemption Class A: $75
Class C: $50,000
Investment minima (Swiss Franc Share Classes)
Lump sum initial investment Class A: CHF1,000
Class C: CHF500,000
Lump sum subsequent investment Class A: CHF75
Class C: CHF50,000
Lump sum holding Class A: CHF1,000
Class C: CHF500,000
Regular saving (per month) Class A: n/a
Class C: n/a
Redemption Class A: CHF75
Class C: CHF50,000
Charges and Expenses (Euro, U.S. Dollar, and Swiss Franc
Share Classes)
Initial charge Class A: 4.00%
Class C: 1.25%
Redemption charge Class A: n/a
Class C: n/a
Annual Management charge Class A: 1.00%
Class C: 0.50%
Administration charge Class A: 0.15%
Class C: 0.15%
Depositary charge See section 29.4
Custody charge See section 29.5
Custody Transaction charges See section 29.6
Allocation of Charges
Annual Management Charge 100% to Income
Administration Charge 100% to Income
Share Class Hedging Charge N/A
Depositary’s Charge 100% to Income
Annual Custody Charge 100% to Income
Custody Transaction Charges 100% to Capital
Expenses 100% to Income
Portfolio Transaction Charges 100% to Capital
Please note the above Charges and Expenses section is a summary and
does not set out all charges and expenses payable by the Sub-funds. For
further detail and an explanation of the terms used, please see section 29
above.
Investor Profile
The fund is suitable for retail and institutional investors seeking to gain a
combination of income and growth of capital from a portfolio of mainly
investment grade government debt securities, including government
guaranteed debt securities, over the long term, but who appreciate that their
capital will be at risk and that the value of their investment and any derived
income may fall as well as rise.
Investment Manager: M&G Investment Management Limited
Valuation point: 12.00 noon UK time
Launch date: 7 March 2002
Valuation Currency: U.S. Dollar
* Please see www.mandg.com/classesinissue for details of which share classes
are currently being issued.
The Fund was created as a result of the conversion of The M&G
International Sovereign Bond Fund unit trust which had been launched on 4
October 1999. The last significant change to the Fund’s investment objective
and/or investment policy occurred on 1 July 2014, when it was also
renamed.
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4.6 M&G Recovery Fund.
Investment objective and policy
The Fund predominantly invests in a diversified range of securities issued by
companies which are out of favour, in difficulty or whose future prospects are
not fully recognised by the market. The sole aim of the Fund is capital
growth. There is no particular income yield target.
Accounting reference date: 30 June
Income allocation date: On or before 31 October (Final); 30 April (Interim)
Share classes/types in issue or availablefor issue*: Euro Class A – Net Accumulation and Net
Income
Euro Class B – Net Accumulation and NetIncome
Euro Class C – Net Accumulation and NetIncome
U.S. Dollar Class A – Net Accumulation and NetIncome
U.S. Dollar Class C – Net Accumulation and NetIncome
Swiss Franc Class A – Net Accumulation andNet Income
Swiss Franc Class C – Net Accumulation and NetIncome
Investment minima (Euro Share Classes)
Lump sum initial investment Class A: €1,000
Class B: €1,000
Class C: €500,000
Lump sum subsequent investment Class A: €75
Class B: €250
Class C: €50,000
Lump sum holding Class A: €1,000
Class B: €1,000
Class C: €500,000
Regular saving (per month) Class A: €75
Class B: €75
Class C: n/a
Redemption Class A: €75
Class B: €150
Class C: €50,000
Investment minima (U.S. Dollar Share Classes)
Lump sum initial investment Class A: $1,000
Class C: $500,000
Lump sum subsequent investment Class A: $75
Class C: $50,000
Lump sum holding Class A: $1,000
Class C: $500,000
Regular saving (per month) Class A: n/a
Class C: n/a
Redemption Class A: $75
Class C: $50,000
Investment minima (Swiss Franc Share Classes)
Lump sum initial investment Class A: CHF1,000
Class C: CHF500,000
Lump sum subsequent investment Class A: CHF75
Class C: CHF50,000
Lump sum holding Class A: CHF1,000
Class C: CHF500,000
Regular saving (per month) Class A: n/a
Class C: n/a
Redemption Class A: CHF75
Class C: CHF50,000
Charges and Expenses (Euro, U.S. Dollar and Swiss Franc
Share Classes)
Initial charge Class A: 5.25%
Class B: nil
Class C: 3.25%
Redemption charge Class A: n/a
Class B: 1%
Class C: n/a
Annual Management charge Class A: 1.5%
Class B: 1.75%
Class C: 0.75%
Administration charge Class A: 0.15%
Class B: 0.15%
Class C: 0.15%
Depositary charge See section 29.4
Custody charge See section 29.5
Custody Transaction charges See section 29.6
Allocation of Charges
Annual Management Charge 100% to Income
Administration Charge 100% to Income
Share Class Hedging Charge N/A
Depositary’s Charge 100% to Income
Annual Custody Charge 100% to Income
Custody Transaction Charges 100% to Capital
Expenses 100% to Income
Portfolio Transaction Charges 100% to Capital
Please note the above Charges and Expenses section is a summary and
does not set out all charges and expenses payable by the Sub-funds. For
further detail and an explanation of the terms used, please see section 29
above.
Investor Profile
The fund is suitable for retail and institutional investors seeking to gain growth
of capital from a portfolio of diversified securities issued by companies which
are out of favour, in difficulty or whose future prospects are not fully
recognised by the market, over the long term, but who appreciate that their
capital will be at risk and that the value of their investment and any derived
income may fall as well as rise.
Investment Manager: M&G Investment Management Limited
Valuation point: 12.00 noon UK time
Launch date: 7 March 2002
Valuation Currency: Sterling
* Please see www.mandg.com/classesinissue for details of which share classes
are currently being issued.
Note to investors in France
The M&G Recovery Fund is eligible to participate in the savings plan in
France (PEA). The Fund is required, at all times, to invest at least 75% of its
net assets in securities which are eligible for the PEA.
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APPENDIX 5 –
PERFORMANCE BAR CHARTS
IF3/10152014/ENG/r01
M&G Corporate Bond Fund Bar Chart
12.1
0.8
-0.7
1.0
10.9
15.3
5.0
9.8
5.0 6.3
-4
0
4
8
12
16
20
Jun 04-Jun 05
Jun 05-Jun 06
Jun 06-Jun 07
Jun 07-Jun 08
Jun 08-Jun 09
Jun 09-Jun 10
Jun 10-Jun 11
Jun 11-Jun 12
Jun 12-Jun 13
Jun 13-Jun 14
Source: Morningstar Inc, last 10 years, % return, bid to bid, net income reinvested, sterling Share Class A
M&G Corporate Bond Fund to end June each year
M&G Dividend Fund Bar Chart
19.7 17.5
16.0
-19.8 -18.3
19.2
24.0
-0.3
14.7
9.1
-30
-20
-10
0
10
20
30
Jun 04-Jun 05
Jun 05-Jun 06
Jun 06-Jun 07
Jun 07-Jun 08
Jun 08-Jun 09
Jun 09-Jun 10
Jun 10-Jun 11
Jun 11-Jun 12
Jun 12-Jun 13
Jun 13-Jun 14
Source: Morningstar Inc, last 10 years, % return, bid to bid, net income reinvested, sterling Share Class A
M&G Dividend Fund to end June each year
The cumulative performance over the last 10 years is 86.2% The cumulative performance over the last 10 years is 97.5%
M&G Emerging Markets Bond Fund Bar Chart
16.8
1.4 0.7
6.6
18.9
23.7
3.0 5.0 5.5
-0.8
-10
-5
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
Jun 04-Jun 05
Jun 05-Jun 06
Jun 06-Jun 07
Jun 07-Jun 08
Jun 08-Jun 09
Jun 09-Jun 10
Jun 10-Jun 11
Jun 11-Jun 12
Jun 12-Jun 13
Jun 13-Jun 14
Source: Morningstar Inc, last 10 years, % return, bid to bid, net income reinvested, sterling Share Class X
M&G Emerging Markets Bond Fund to end June each year
M&G European High Yield Bond Fund Bar Chart
10.3
7.6
2.2
9.1
-1.8
18.1
22.0
-10.2
20.6
6.8
-15
-10
-5
0
5
10
15
20
25
Jun 04-Jun 05
Jun 05-Jun 06
Jun 06-Jun 07
Jun 07-Jun 08
Jun 08-Jun 09
Jun 09-Jun 10
Jun 10-Jun 11
Jun 11-Jun 12
Jun 12-Jun 13
Jun 13-Jun 14
Source: Morningstar Inc, last 10 years, % return, bid to bid, net income reinvested, sterling Share Class X
M&G European High Yield Bond Fund to end June each year
The cumulative performance over the last 10 years is 111.6%
The cumulative performance over the last 10 years is 116.3%
M&G European Corporate Bond Fund Bar Chart
8.1
-0.5 -2.1
15.3
11.6
7.8
13.7
-6.6
13.8
1.0
-10
-5
0
5
10
15
20
Jun 04-Jun 05
Jun 05-Jun 06
Jun 06-Jun 07
Jun 07-Jun 08
Jun 08-Jun 09
Jun 09-Jun 10
Jun 10-Jun 11
Jun 11-Jun 12
Jun 12-Jun 13
Jun 13-Jun 14
Source: Morningstar Inc, years since launch, % return, bid to bid, net income reinvested, sterling Share Class A
M&G European Corporate Bond Fund to end June each year
The cumulative performance since launch is 78.1%
M&G Fund of Investment Trust Shares Bar Chart
23.4 20.4 21.1
-13.3
-24.7
19.9 21.5
-9.0
21.7
12.0
-45
-35
-25
-15
-5
5
15
25
35
Jun 04-Jun 05
Jun 05-Jun 06
Jun 06-Jun 07
Jun 07-Jun 08
Jun 08-Jun 09
Jun 09-Jun 10
Jun 10-Jun 11
Jun 11-Jun 12
Jun 12-Jun 13
Jun 13-Jun 14
Source: Morningstar Inc, last 10 years, % return, bid to bid, net income reinvested, sterling Share Class A
M&G Fund of Investment Trust Shares to end June each year
The cumulative performance over the last 10 years is 112.0%
Past performance is not a guide to future performance.
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PERFORMANCE BAR CHARTS
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M&G Global Government Bond Fund Bar Chart
7.0
-3.8
-7.0
16.4
28.0
15.2
4.9
9.4
-1.0
-10.2 -15
-5
5
15
25
35
Jun 04-Jun 05
Jun 05-Jun 06
Jun 06-Jun 07
Jun 07-Jun 08
Jun 08-Jun 09
Jun 09-Jun 10
Jun 10-Jun 11
Jun 11-Jun 12
Jun 12-Jun 13
Jun 13-Jun 14
Source: Morningstar Inc, last 10 years, % return, bid to bid, net income reinvested, sterling Share Class A
M&G Global Government Bond Fund to end June each year
M&G Recovery Fund Bar Chart
18.9
26.4 25.1
-7.3
-15.2
19.2
26.9
-4.8
10.4 7.4
-35
-25
-15
-5
5
15
25
35
45
Jun 04-Jun 05
Jun 05-Jun 06
Jun 06-Jun 07
Jun 07-Jun 08
Jun 08-Jun 09
Jun 09-Jun 10
Jun 10-Jun 11
Jun 11-Jun 12
Jun 12-Jun 13
Jun 13-Jun 14
Source: Morningstar Inc, last 10 years, % return, bid to bid, net income reinvested, sterling Share Class A
M&G Recovery Fund to end June each year
M&G Smaller Companies Fund Bar Chart
27.3 27.9 27.5
-13.9
-23.9
24.1
37.5
-4.7
31.6
11.4
-40
-30
-20
-10
0
10
20
30
40
50
Jun 04-Jun 05
Jun 05-Jun 06
Jun 06-Jun 07
Jun 07-Jun 08
Jun 08-Jun 09
Jun 09-Jun 10
Jun 10-Jun 11
Jun 11-Jun 12
Jun 12-Jun 13
Jun 13-Jun 14
Source: Morningstar Inc, last 10 years, % return, bid to bid, net income reinvested, sterling Share Class A
M&G Smaller Companies Fund to end June each year
The cumulative performance over the last 10 years is 67.5% The cumulative performance over the last 10 years is 152.2%
The cumulative performance over the last 10 years is 224.1%
Past performance is not a guide to future performance.
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EURO PERFORMANCE BAR CHARTS
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M&G Corporate Bond Fund Bar Chart
16.5
-2.3
2.0
-14.6
3.0
20.0
-5.3
22.9
-1.5
13.5
-30
-20
-10
0
10
20
30
Jun 04-Jun 05
Jun 05-Jun 06
Jun 06-Jun 07
Jun 07-Jun 08
Jun 08-Jun 09
Jun 09-Jun 10
Jun 10-Jun 11
Jun 11-Jun 12
Jun 12-Jun 13
Jun 13-Jun 14
Source: Morningstar Inc, last 10 years, % return, bid to bid, net income reinvested, euro Share Class A
M&G Corporate Bond Fund to end June each year
M&G European Corporate Bond Fund Bar Chart
8.8
-3.7
0.9
-2.0
3.7
12.4
2.7
4.8
6.9
8.1
-5
0
5
10
15
Jun 04-Jun 05
Jun 05-Jun 06
Jun 06-Jun 07
Jun 07-Jun 08
Jun 08-Jun 09
Jun 09-Jun 10
Jun 10-Jun 11
Jun 11-Jun 12
Jun 12-Jun 13
Jun 13-Jun 14
Source: Morningstar Inc, years since launch, % return, bid to bid, net income reinvested, euro Share Class A
M&G European Corporate Bond Fund to end June each year
The cumulative performance over the last 10 years is 59.4% The cumulative performance since launch is 50.1%
M&G European High Yield Bond Fund Bar Chart
21.8
4.3 5.1
-7.3 -8.3
23.5
10.2
0.7
13.3 14.3
-15
-5
5
15
25
35
Jun 04-Jun 05
Jun 05-Jun 06
Jun 06-Jun 07
Jun 07-Jun 08
Jun 08-Jun 09
Jun 09-Jun 10
Jun 10-Jun 11
Jun 11-Jun 12
Jun 12-Jun 13
Jun 13-Jun 14
Source: Morningstar Inc, last 10 years, % return, bid to bid, net income reinvested, euro Share Class A
M&G European High Yield Bond Fund to end June each year
The cumulative performance over the last 10 years is 101.8%
M&G Recovery Fund Bar Chart
18.1
22.6
28.7
-21.2 -21.2
24.3
14.7
6.8 3.7
15.0
-30
-20
-10
0
10
20
30
40
Jun 04-Jun 05
Jun 05-Jun 06
Jun 06-Jun 07
Jun 07-Jun 08
Jun 08-Jun 09
Jun 09-Jun 10
Jun 10-Jun 11
Jun 11-Jun 12
Jun 12-Jun 13
Jun 13-Jun 14
Source: Morningstar Inc, last 10 years, % return, bid to bid, net income reinvested, euro Share Class A
M&G Recovery Fund to end June each year
The cumulative performance over the last 10 years is 110.2%
Past performance is not a guide to future performance.
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APPENDIX 5b –
U.S. DOLLAR PERFORMANCE BAR CHARTS
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M&G Emerging Markets Bond Fund Bar Chart (USD
Share Class A)
17.0
5.9
10.4
6.8
-0.5
13.4
11.4
3.4 3.1
11.1
-10
0
10
20
Jun 04-Jun 05
Jun 05-Jun 06
Jun 06-Jun 07
Jun 07-Jun 08
Jun 08-Jun 09
Jun 09-Jun 10
Jun 10-Jun 11
Jun 11-Jun 12
Jun 12-Jun 13
Jun 13-Jun 14
Source: Morningstar Inc, last 10 years, % return, bid to bid, net income reinvested, USD Share Class A
M&G European Emerging Markets Bond Fund to end June each year
The cumulative performance over the last 10 years is 117.5%
Past performance is not a guide to future performance.
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APPENDIX 5c -
SWISS FRANC PERFORMANCE BAR CHARTS
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European Corporate Bond Fund Bar Chart (Swiss
Franc Class A-H)
7.7
0
10
Jun 04-Jun 05
Jun 05-Jun 06
Jun 06-Jun 07
Jun 07-Jun 08
Jun 08-Jun 09
Jun 09-Jun 10
Jun 10-Jun 11
Jun 11-Jun 12
Jun 12-Jun 13
Jun 13-Jun 14
Source: Morningstar Inc, last 10 years, % return, bid to bid, net income reinvested, Swiss Share Class A-H
M&G European Corporate Bond Fund to end June each year
The cumulative performance since launch is 9.90%
Past performance is not a guide to future performance.
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M&G Investment Funds (3)
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Authorised Corporate Director:
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London EC4R 0HH
Investment Managers:
M&G Investment Management Limited
Laurence Pountney Hill
London EC4R 0HH
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